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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's different because one activity is legal, and the other isn't. You may not consider it immoral to copy eBooks and give those copies to your friends, but it's certainly not legal, and DRM is there precisely because there are people who see nothing wrong in doing it. If people obeyed the law, there would be no need for DRM.
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No it's not. No difference. Copyright protects the creator and specifies what uses are legitimate and what are not. It is not legal to copy a full book per copyright law. It has nothing to do with the form.
I know someone is going to take this the wrong way because they did the last time I said it but DRM has absolutely nothing to do with copyright law. It is not part of the law. It is something completely different. It is an attempt by publishers to change and control the way I use a purchase. It is an attempt to change the rules.