Thread: STUDY SHOWS: Ditching DRM could reduce piracy, prices
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Old 10-12-2011, 09:12 PM   #141
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak View Post
Making a back-up of a movie, copying CDs to tapes so they can play in the car, or reading an ebook in an independent app on their phone are all things that fit the legal definition of piracy, but that Joe Average User might well expect to be able to do with the content he spent money on.
I was of the understnading that that would be considered "fair use". The content has been paid for, how the end user uses that content is up to the end user. If it is soley for personal use and not provided to another party then the use is legitimate. Government legislation is beginning to recognise that.

I would not be alone, both here on Mobileread or anywhere else by stating that being restricted by geo restrictions, I purchase my ebooks where I can, strip any DRM infestation and then convert to my preferred ebook format. By spraying the purchased ebook with "Alf in a can", it is a very quick and painless process.

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And if Joe gets angry enough that he can't do what he fully and completely expected to be able to do (he's among the 90% of users who didn't know of or notice the DRM until now) he will either learn how to strip DRM or get himself a pirate copy of the content, and he may well decide to boycott the legitimate store he bought his music/movie/book from. Publishers today think that's a risk worth taking though.
Very true and one of the main causes of casual piracy. Publishers (music and entertainment industry as well) might do well to get of their tall pedestals and realise that making "woe is me" noises about this changes nothing and those excuses have worn so thin, that they are transparent and flapping in the wind. The status quo thus continues and nothing is done. Easier for them to change law or fling law suits to justify their anachronistic business practices.

To be honest I believe it suits publishers (music and entertainment industry as well) to do just that. Sort of like putting a finger in each ear closing your eyes and chanting "lalalalalala".
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