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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.
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Personally, since I use public transportation every day I feel that the tax rate should be increased with the new funds going straight into the transit lines coffers, in this way public transportation would become free. I don't really like the idea of tax dollars going towards things like roads and bombs.
But back on topic, laws are changed routinely. At the moment we have a number of laws on the books relating to book use, but these laws were put into place when books were a rare commodity, irreplaceable. This is for all intents and purposes no longer the case. We shouldn't be trying to shoehorn our old laws into the new paradigms reading space, if you must have your law it should adequately reflect the realities of the new reading experience.
