Originally Posted by HarleyB
Ok my views
1. DRM stripping an ebook that you own for your own use - either to back up or read on a different ereader - is OK.
2. DRM stripping a library or rented book so that you can read it on your choice of ereader is probably morally OK - probably not legal. But it must be deleted when the borrowing/renting period finishes.
3. DRM stripping and not deleting at the appropriate time is not OK if you just want to keep the book. But I can see a grey area if you are a slow reader and haven't finished yet. I'm a fast reader and have never had this problem but I could understand why someone would want to keep a book for a day or two longer to finish the last chapter rather than return and go to the back of a month long waitlist. If they were reading as fast as they can then to me it is the same as having an overdue book. Deleting as soon as they finish - sort of OK maybe? This is hard for me because they aren't really hurting anyone by taking longer to read the book but it's still not right. If they didn't read the book because they borrowed too many (I've done that!) or because they didnt' get around to it then bad luck - borrow it again when you have time to read it.
4. To me a rental book is the same as a library book. If you want to keep it then buy it.
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