Quote:
Originally Posted by Catlady
My position is that the absence of DRM is not tacit permission to copy and distribute an author's work. They are entirely separate issues and should not be conflated.
I thought I said that clearly, but apparently not.
Removal of DRM is not the problem. The problem is illicit distribution.
|
You did say that clearly, it just took me a while to pick up on it. Sorry about that.
And you and I are in complete agreement, illicit distribution of someone's work is a big problem, and deeply unfair to that someone, but it's a separate issue from the whole DRM thing. The absence of DRM is not a signal from either publisher or author that it's okay to re-distribute without license or permission, and anyone who thinks so needs to seriously re-think how and what they're thinking.