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Originally Posted by Halk
Twenty one pages....
I started this thread in order to have a discussion. It'd have been pointless unless I was prepared to listen, and I think I have learned from it.
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Good for you!
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Originally Posted by Halk
I've already said I'm going to change my behaviour - I'll now browse through what I can pay for legally, rather than browse through all books and then have to choose between not getting the book, or pirating it.
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This seems like a sensible idea. That will reduce your temptation to "pirate" books. It'll also lead to your spending more $$ with authors and publishers who make eBooks available -- a good thing!
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Originally Posted by Halk
I've also decided not to use DRM removal tools. Not because it's illegal, but because it's not justifiable for me to tell myself it's ok for me to use them, but not ok for other people to use them because other people might spread the books around.
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Hmmmm... This seems unfortunate. As far as I can tell (based on statements of lawyers who are experts in the field of IP, although I am neither an expert on IP nor a lawyer) it is in fact legal--that is "fair use"--for you to format shift a legally-purchased work whether it has DRM or not. Removing the DRM isn't illegal. Even when your purpose is to format-shift.
Distributing the de-DRMd work would be illegal. Downloading and removing the DRM from a work that you did not purchase legally may be illegal (it certainly seems immoral to me; your mileage may vary).
All the rest of your stated new policy seems darned sensible to me.
Xenophon