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Originally Posted by boxcorner
Bully for you!
Clearly, many people know how, and are happy to strip DRM from e-books that they "buy". When I wrote that post - five months ago - I was referring to those who don't, or aren't. They will be inconvenienced, unless they decide to ditch their e-books, or opt to buy DRM-free e-books from sellers such as BeWrite Books. Some people consider DRM-stripping to be an inconvenience, which they can't be bothered with. In any case, the legality of DRM-stripping is not the same in all countries, so some people may feel more inhibited than others, for that reason if not for any other. So, I don't believe that all those who have large enough libraries will necessarily be motivated to, or feel comfortable about stripping DRM from their e-books, before e-readers or DRM are superseded by new technology. |
You, you are right. They are screwed. But they don't have to be.
I guess folks might be worried that the police are going to come banging into their house to check and see if they have stripped DRM from their books to put on a new ereader. I think that the police are busy enough looking into more serious crimes and handing out speeding tickets to conduct an investigation in order to get a search warrent to check an individual persons computer for books whose DRM has been removed.
Which makes DRM removal a legal issue in many countries but more likely then not the decision to strip DRM or not is an ethical question for each person more so then a legal problem.