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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
There's nothing effectively preventing me from performing brain surgery on my roommate - except it would be illegal and I don't know how to perform brain surgery.
Theoretically, every consumer has the option to strip DRM for most available formats, simply on the basis that the tools exist to do so. But there are plenty of people effectively prevented from using those tools.
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That's my point: There are laws and law enforcement agencies designed to prevent you from performing brain surgery without a license or customer agreement. There are no such effective tools related to ebook manipulation. The only thing preventing people from manipulating ebooks is a lack of desire to do so (or lack of access to someone who knows how to do it for them). The tools can be legally obtained, easily learned and used without fear of reprisal, because no law enforcement agency is likely to catch them.
And I appreciate your saying that I'm not part of the problem. Unfortunately, I'm still being stolen from... so I, maybe more than many other producers, should have a say in how my work should be protected.