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I am not discussing DRM. I am discussing moving from one medium, LP's, to the new medium, CDs. Or CDs to MP3s or Books to e-books.
Just because I bought the one does not mean I am entitled to the other for free. If I was willing to record my LP somehow to a CD and listen to that, more power to me. But that does not mean that I should have been given free CDs to replace my LPs. If I owned the CDs I should be able to make MP3's and listen to them where I want to. That does not mean that I can go online and download the MP3 from a website for free. If I don't want to make my own MP3 and the MP3 is available for sale I am obligated to buy the MP3.
I can take any book I own and scan it to make it an e-book. That is fine. That does not mean I can go and grab a pirated copy off the internet because I bought the paper book and I don't want to pay for the e-book. If the e-book is available for sale and I don't want to scan my own physical copy of the book then I will have to buy the e-book.
I have no problems with removing DRM. I bought the book or the liscene to the book. I should be able to read it on whatever device I want to.
I do not think that because I bought a paper book 10 years ago I can skip buying the ebook and download the pirated version.
If there is not an e-book version of a paper book that I own and want on my e-reader I have no issues with downloading a pirated version. I will only do this on the condition that when the e-book comes available I will buy the e-book.
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