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Originally Posted by sanders
Tax payers are forced to pay for roads they don't drive on, for military actions they don't support, and for loads of other things. Vote for a different party.
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So publishers have no responsibility to ensure the money they take is morally legitimate.
They're happy to take money from hard-pressed tax payers who have been coerced into paying it against their will.
A tax payer who is obliged to pay for books they don't want, might consider getting some books they do want for free as a way of balancing of the books (excuse the pun
).
It seems to be human nature to use the 'wrong's done to us, to justify doing 'wrong' back - it's the motivation behind DRM after all.