01-31-2012, 10:23 AM | #91 |
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To tell me I can read a book on one ereader but not another is like saying, "We'll sell you this book, but you can only read it in the house in which you're currently living. If you wish to read it anywhere else, you'll need to buy another copy from another vendor." DRM has only one justification for existence: to prevent piracy (which it doesn't do very well). If I remove the DRM but don't pirate the book, no one is harmed. Conversely, if one day the DRM encoding ensures I can't access something I purchased legally, someone has been harmed—me! Companies have no right to tell me I can't protect my investment.
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01-31-2012, 10:51 AM | #92 | |
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01-31-2012, 11:02 AM | #93 | |
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It's important to note that the exact legal status of DRM removal under US law is unknown at this time. (To be clear, that's "DRM removal from legitimately acquired content, for personal use only.") The DMCA is self-contradictory on the topic, and the Judicial branch has yet to clarify the issue. For a longer analysis, see my previous posts here, or especially here. Xenophon |
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01-31-2012, 11:04 AM | #94 |
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I started pirating ebooks about 14-15 years ago when I simply did not have access to English language books. Well truthfully the first ebook I read was not even pirated it was Burroughs Princess of Mars from project Gutenberg but such easy access to books made me look for more and I stumbled on what is referred to as the dark net around here.
For someone that loves to read but had very limited access to books it was like winning the lottery first 5 years I might have read over a thousand books. Now I live somewhere its easy to get digital goods so I do purchase ebooks but if I am unable buy a book because of geographic restrictions or if I see a book priced 2-3 times for me compared to people from other countries I pirate it. |
01-31-2012, 11:51 AM | #95 | |
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Person A strips DRM for personal reasons. Highly doubtful that this person is a pirate, either morally or legally. Person B strips DRM and uploads to a file sharing site. Likely that this person is a pirate, distributing material he or she has no right to distribute. Person C downloads from a file sharing site. This person can rationalize and justify--format shifting, geographical restrictions, unavailability, expense, etc. Is this person a pirate or not? |
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01-31-2012, 02:00 PM | #96 |
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Absolutely. I was trying to say in that post was that in most* cases, piracy wouldn't be possible had not someone first stripped the DRM and uploaded the book somewhere for that purpose. But yes, the person who downloads an illegal copy of a book is just as much a pirate just as the person who uploads the book.
That being said, I still have no problem with people stripping DRM for their own personal use. * Naturally, if a book never contained DRM in the first place, or if a paper copy was scanned in order to pirate it, that doesn't apply. |
01-31-2012, 02:10 PM | #97 |
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A paper book that is scanned and then made available for all to read is still a pirated work. JKR's books are all scanned or retyped. There are no e-books to buy, remove the DRM, and then send out to whoever wants them. They are still pirated.
I am not a legal expert and I have not stayed in a Holiday Inn Express but I would think that any book that is legally copywrited (sp) and is made available to the public by someone other then the person/company that is legally allowed to sell the book is being pirated. How it is made available is not important. Scanning, stripping DRM, retyping, it doesn't matter. If you do not own the rights to the book you should not be distributing the books. That goes for DRM free books that are sold or even given away for free. It is up to the rights owner to decide how to distribute the book. The rights owner can change their mind and decide that they are going to sell the book now. Just because you got it for free without DRM does not mean that you can give it away to someone without the permission of the rights owner. |
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01-31-2012, 02:27 PM | #102 |
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I do not pirate books. Authors or whoever owns the rights to created works have the right to decide how their creations are distributed. I would love to have the Harry Potter series, but JKR has not released them in ebook format. So, I wait and spend money on other books in the meantime.
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01-31-2012, 02:40 PM | #105 |
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Exactly. The one and only thing DRM does is potentially inconvenience legitimate buyers, just like DRM on music CDs potentially made them unplayable in CD players. And that will always be the case: as long as DRM lets a book be read at all, on some device or other, it will be breakable.
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