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Originally Posted by HansTWN
That makes no sense, "paying pirates", lol. If you believe this, then you must also speak up against DRM removal, because that is also something you are not "supposed" to do.
Those "geo-restrictions" are so relaxed on purpose because the retailers do want to sell to us, they are just going through the motions to avoid being sued. So the only one that got hurt is the publisher in the country where the buyer is located --- in my case there usually is no publisher for the English version. Geo-restrictions are a contractual matter between the retailer and the author/publisher, they don't concern me. I get the books and pay for them. End of story.
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Yes, the retailers want to break the law or the contract. But how does that influence the question?
And yes, from a morally view point, if it is illegal to remove DRM then you can argue that you should not do it. The same kond of argument against copyright infringement (piracying).
So my point was that there is a double standard here. Removing DRM and buying things that you should not be able to buy seems to be OK but piracying seems not to be OK. All actions hurt or has the possibility to hurt somebody. So if you accept one of these actions you should accept all of them.