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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I honestly don't know how Epubor has gotten away with it as long as they have. Charging money for DRM removal software seems to be one the few things that is clearly deemed illegal in most jurisdictions.
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Probably because in order to prosecute them, they would need to demonstrate that Epubdor actually removes DRM in court. And Epubdor lawyers would simply hand them a book with a newer version of DRM and say, "OK, demonstrate removing the DRM from this." And it wouldn't work. Then the Epubdor lawyers would claim the prosecutor had been cherry picking books with old DRM that is no longer commonly used for their demo, in an attempt to mislead the court. And the case would be dismissed.
A good prosecutor could probably overcome these technicalities and diversion techniques by Epubdor, but a good prosecutor has no doubt been working within the court system for years, and knows that it's hardly worth it to even try. Given that the courts are more criminal-friendly than good guy-friendly.