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Originally Posted by Shaggy
The question, to me, is why should we need the retailers permission and/or support in order to be allowed to give an item as a gift? What ever happened to buying a product and then doing whatever you (legally) want to with it. Give it as a gift, resell it... whatever.
It's a shame that the corporations have used DRM/DMCA to take away what should be consumer rights, and consumers seem to act like this is normal.
In a sane world there should be nothing wrong with stripping DRM for a use that is already legal under copyright law.
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To an extent, you're right. Most of the discussion here has been having the retailer deliver the book however-and that *should* require their permission & support. It can cause real trouble when they ship stuff to addresses not belonging to the purchaser (if you follow what I'm saying). I recall years ago, in college, when a friend purchased a subscription to Hustler (more vulgar version of Playboy for those not familiar with it-just barely non-pornographic enough to be shipped via US mail) as a joke on a friend studying for the priesthood. Of course that was mail-order at the time so the publisher had no way of knowing that the purchaser wasn't the recipient, but I think that shows why they need to be careful when they do know that.