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11-08-2012, 08:55 PM | #32 |
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The Canadian governments stonewalled for years before they finally bowed to external pressures and enacted the law. You should be concerned about the same kind of pressures being applied in your country, as well. This is not just a Canadian problem.
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11-08-2012, 10:17 PM | #33 |
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I am quite certain that they track where all thier sales are coming from on all thier country sites. Whether or not they'd provide that info to anyone I don't know, but I doubt the answer changes based on which url the sale was made through.
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11-09-2012, 03:27 AM | #35 | |
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11-09-2012, 04:52 AM | #36 | |
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I must admit, the closing paragraph from the article on Teleread rings very true to me.
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11-10-2012, 12:20 PM | #40 |
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Since I read this news, I have now decided to not buy any e-books that have DRM. I was breaking the DRM on books I've bought, but now since it's illegal to do so, I guess those publishers that have DRM infested e-books have now lost business from me. Looks like I'll be buying a lot of e-books from Baen and Tor. Anything else I want, I'll borrow from the library, even if it's only available on paper. Just think of the money I'll save. Thanks, Canadian government!
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I, personally, can't help but think that giving any money to corporations lobbying for legal restrictions like that is far more immoral than wanting to read a book without spending money..
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oh, yeah, I know how to fix it, it's just that sometimes I remember and sometimes I don't, and it's a pain.
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