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Old 11-07-2011, 12:45 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by SmokeAndMirrors View Post
Well, in regards to the former, you're seemingly a minority here. Though I don't see how stripping DRM on a purchased good costs sales really. Still, that's the claim made by some.

I only buy books that are not DRM'ed. If I want to a read a book that is, I get it from Project Gutenberg if it's public domain or lend it from my library. I support writers who care about their readers getting what they pay for.

I don't pirate, but I am costing the publishing industry money. I will continue to until they stop using restrictive DRM or until it's legal to break it. I vote with my dollar, and I have no problem with starving out the publishing industry until they realize that fair use still applies.

I'm just saying most people on this site really have no right to be wagging their fingers. And in addition, not all torrenting is illegal and it's presumptuous to assume.
I don't have as much a problem with DRM stripping in that you already paid for it and might just want to move it to another device or something like that. But the rules are the rules.

I don't like DRM because it makes moving books from one device to another a pain (like if you had a nook and buy a kindle or something like that). I understand why they do it though, but those that are likely to pirate a book are going to get around DRM anyway.
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