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SmokeAndMirrors · 11-07-2011, 07:14 PM

I'm not assuming anything. Most posters here talk about stripping DRM quite casually. You are literally the first person I have ever read or heard of with more than 10 posts on this site who says you have not stripped DRM. The only one. Keep in mind, in the country of residence of the majority of the people here, stripping DRM is illegal.

And that is the reason you give for not doing it. And yet, you don't have much of a problem with people who do for personal use.

Many here even talk of sharing it with family or friends casually. No one seems too bothered by this. But your average pirate doesn't cost an author any more sales than casual sharing does. Most pirates are not mass seeders. Many don't seed at all.

If illegality is the only reason you have, then you're only being very slightly less hypocritical than the rest. And on a harm level, there is little difference between the practices of most people on MobileRead, which don't bother you, and the practices of pirates, which do bother you.

All I'm saying is 2 things:
1. Ask before you start brow-beating people.
2. Examine whether your own actions and ethics give you a leg to stand on before brow-beating people.

11-07-2011, 07:14 PM	#20
SmokeAndMirrors Addict Posts: 280 Karma: 2064388 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: MN, US Device: Kobo Touch, Asus Eee Pad Slider	I'm not assuming anything. Most posters here talk about stripping DRM quite casually. You are literally the first person I have ever read or heard of with more than 10 posts on this site who says you have not stripped DRM. The only one. Keep in mind, in the country of residence of the majority of the people here, stripping DRM is illegal. And that is the reason you give for not doing it. And yet, you don't have much of a problem with people who do for personal use. Many here even talk of sharing it with family or friends casually. No one seems too bothered by this. But your average pirate doesn't cost an author any more sales than casual sharing does. Most pirates are not mass seeders. Many don't seed at all. If illegality is the only reason you have, then you're only being very slightly less hypocritical than the rest. And on a harm level, there is little difference between the practices of most people on MobileRead, which don't bother you, and the practices of pirates, which do bother you. All I'm saying is 2 things: 1. Ask before you start brow-beating people. 2. Examine whether your own actions and ethics give you a leg to stand on before brow-beating people. Last edited by SmokeAndMirrors; 11-07-2011 at 07:18 PM.