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Old 11-26-2010, 08:07 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
some have blatantly said on these forums that they strip DRM in direct contradiction to the agreements they were aware of at the time they made them. So much for trust, so becomes obvious the reasons for trying to find effective DRM. I find such behaviour ... anomalous; inconsistent with my sense of honour and what is right.
It's an oddly circular argument to suggest that the DRM is necessary because publishers don't trust customers because they strip the DRM.

Clearly some publishers don't trust the customers in the first place.

I strip the DRM from any DRMed ebooks I buy. I do not think this is dishonest. I don't consider that I'm bound in honour by any DRM-specific conditions in EULAs. Whether I'm bound in law by them is undecided.

If I have negotiated an agreement on moderately equal terms, I wouldn't dream of breaking it. EULAs are not such agreements.
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