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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Well, I guess I will take a contrary view (when has that ever happened). I check-out library books, and remove the DRM. I do not upload those books anywhere, and even refused to give the Sookie Stackhouse books to my neice (but I would have told her how to get the books from her library).
Having just paid my property tax, I see I am paying over $800/year for the privilege of using the library.
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All of the books I check out, ebooks or pbooks, are returned before the end of the borrowing period. I am not depriving anyone else of the use of the book, and I have not deprived the author of any revenue - if I hadn't borrowed the book, I would not have bought it.
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This is a rational and reasonable position, and quite similar to mine. I've waited months to get a book from the library with the wait lists being what they are for most eBooks. When I finally get to the top of the queue and can check it out, I download it, remove the DRM to convert for my Kindle, and read it. If I happen to be reading something else, I may or may not get to reading it before the DRM expires the book. But I don't worry about that. And I don't give the eBook to anyone else, period.
The other thing I do is set my default check-out period to a week, instead of 3 weeks. I can't decide if that is good for the author and/or library or not, but it's certainly good for other patrons waiting to get their chance at the book.