Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf
I'm not debating the issue of DRM stripping for eBooks that one buys. The issue is that library eBooks are not the same. You are borrowing them. There is no buy and keep. The library eBooks are supposed to stop working when the time is up. So if you have the DRM removed and have them past the time limit, you should be paying a fine like you would for borrowing a pBook and keeping it past the date without renewing it. It's like jumping the gate at the MBTA (public transportation) for a free ride. Sure you get the ride and it's free. But it's still not right.
|
It's basically the same as stealing Library books, isn't it ?
It seems that that is what is happening if you strip the DRM from a library issue, surely.
And doesn't d/loading a book for free that is in copywright come into the same category ? in that you are preventing income going to the writer or his/her estate, if that is the law concerning that work.
You may disagree with the law, but does that mean it is right to break it ?
Or Patent Law, intellectual Rights Law, artistic ownership rights, plagierizm law, property ownership law................
Interesting chain of thought, that rarely seems to come up when book copywright law is discussed, somehow.......................
