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Originally Posted by dh
You need to get two free applications.
In general it is not considered naughty to change the format of an eBook that you own, assuming it's for your own use. Threads discussing this have not been deleted or changed, unless they include links to software that could be used for illegal purposes. The admins of the site have taken a very sensible approach to this issue, especially when you consider that a number of them are associated with Microsoft and ConvertLit is probably not MS's favorite application.
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Actually, I believe that the DMCA makes it a crime to even use software which willfully defeats copy protection (e.g., DRM5 wrappers on secure .LIT ebooks). So it is naughty, even to convert a book you own or bought. Hence, the innate, unmistakable evil of the DMCA. It invalidates a whole slew of time shift, personal use and academic research applications of reverse engineering copy-protected media (ebooks, DVDs, Adobe Acrobat files, et al) previously "protected" under the doctrine of "fair use."