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Old 01-31-2012, 04:57 PM   #123
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash View Post
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.
I'm not following your logic here. On one hand, you seem to be saying that if I have a CD (i.e., if I've licensed the content), I'm perfectly justified in format-shifting. However, as soon as the Darknet enters into it, everything changes and my format shifting is not OK? I guess I'm looking more at the ends...the means seem beside the point.

My philosophy has always been more that if I've licensed the content once, and I still have the physical media (or saw it destroyed), that's enough. Not asking for handouts, and I'll take care of any format shifting I need to do, but...I bought the right to consume the intellectual property of the CD/book/DVD, and I'm really not going out of my way to ask for permission on how I do that. If the Darknet enters into the equation, I can live with that.

(I'm going to ignore "But that does not mean that I should have been given free CDs to replace my LPs" since that's a straw man...I don't think anyone's seriously claiming that record companies should bear the burden of swapping out physical media.)
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