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Originally Posted by JSWolf
My mother-in-law lent a reader to a friend. I still had a copy of that eBook that the friend was going to read. Is that a problem or is that OK?
I do see your point about there being multiple copies of the eBook out there. But, I've already finished reading it. That's why I'm sending it to a friend to read because I think this friend might enjoy it. So while I do have a copy and the friend has a copy, they will not be used at the same time. So while technically it is wrong, morally, it is not.
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I recently bought a book, DRM'ed epub. Not for myself, but for my mother. I didn't want to explain how she would have to register her stuff, download the link, put it on her Sony, etc.
So, I bought it. I then removed the DRM, and let my mother download the book from my own server. She could then load it into Calibre and from there to her Sony. I also have a copy in my Calibre library, mostly for backup purposes. I'll never read the book as 10 minutes later I ordered the same book, but in English (which I then removed the DRM from, because otherwise I couldn't read it on my Sony as it was a kindle book). And I'll read that book.
I feel absolutely no moral dilemma there.
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
That's true. There are industry shills and astroturfers trying to convince us that restrictions on us are for our own good Maybe that mindset works for you. It doesn't work for me.
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There's a huge gap between thinking it's evil and thinking it's heaven sent.
I don't think it's evil. But I don't like it neither. So, I remove it. I don't make a fuss over it, if the publisher is happy with that so-called security, let him be. I'm not troubled by it.