Thread: DRM, Rentals, DRM-stripping and Morality
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Old 08-29-2011, 01:30 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by RainingLemur View Post
I only approve of stripping of DRM from books I actually own.
What do the publishers think about this "own" business you bring up? Are you sure you haven't legally been paying for rentals with vaguer time limits than the students get?

To paraphrase DiapDealer's excellent sig, I think that "DRM-stripping correctness" is like trying to pick up a turd by the clean end. Using those same fingers to point at others seems... I'm not sure how to say it tactfully. (I'm not aiming these remarks at RainingLemur personally (even with that avatar ), but rather at the majority of MR members who seem to be okay with DRM as long as they can strip it themselves. I honestly don't understand this position.)
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