LEGO Craftsmanship of the Day: Robot Legally Squashes DRM Protection in E-Books
DRM (digital rights management) is was what protects digital media like music and e-books from being shared and keeps it specific to you as a buyer.
Peter Purgathoffer, an associate professor at the Vienna University of Technology, built this LEGO robot that totally drop-kicks Kindle e-book DRM. It does this by mechanically pressing the "next page' button and taking a photo of each page. It then puts those pages through a digitizing process, compiling it into its own separate e-book, DRM free! The best part is that the LEGO robot is simply engaging in a transformative act (for the purpose of one's own personal use) making it completely legal!
Peter Purgathoffer, an associate professor at the Vienna University of Technology, built this LEGO robot that totally drop-kicks Kindle e-book DRM. It does this by mechanically pressing the "next page' button and taking a photo of each page. It then puts those pages through a digitizing process, compiling it into its own separate e-book, DRM free! The best part is that the LEGO robot is simply engaging in a transformative act (for the purpose of one's own personal use) making it completely legal!
