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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, and that's exactly my point. Many people who would probably consider themselves to be entirely honest would probably not think twice about giving a friend a copy of an eBook. The DRM helps prevent this. WE know that DRM is trivial to remove, but we don't represent the typical eBook reader.
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It is easy to be honest when parents or cops are watching. It is easy to be honest when the large padlock is apparent, or when the cameras are tracking you.
It is when you know you have the means to circumvent the locks, the safeguards, the preventive measures, with little chance of being caught, and when you can also impress yourself and your friends by doing it that it becomes less than easy to be honest.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words so I attached one I happened to have and altered it for this post. Consider that it shows the CROWD that has crossed the honesty line, and now they resent that another person refuses to do the same and follow them, for that implies (to them) that they are somehow less than the honest individual. It really seems to set them off, as you might observe in the picture, and in this very thread.