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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
To me, DRM removal and piracy are entirely separate matters. Sure, to pirate a book, the DRM most be removed before it is uploaded, but most people simply remove the DRM from books they bought because they want to insure their purchases will still be readable in the future should ereaders develop new formats that aren't backwards-compatible, or should the company from which they bought their reader go belly-up.
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Is it only uploading that is piracy, or downloading as well?
Person A strips DRM for personal reasons.
Highly doubtful that this person is a pirate, either morally or legally.
Person B strips DRM and uploads to a file sharing site.
Likely that this person is a pirate, distributing material he or she has no right to distribute.
Person C downloads from a file sharing site.
This person can rationalize and justify--format shifting, geographical restrictions, unavailability, expense, etc. Is this person a pirate or not?