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Originally Posted by ApK
No more than "buying" a book is false advertising or "buying" a DVD is false advertising.
You are free to crack the polycarbonate disk, you are free to burn the pressed wood pulp and binding, you are free to delete the .epub file.
But you BOUGHT only a restricted license to content in all cases, because the intellectual property isn ever yours in all those cases. Only the details of the restrictions differ.
Now, if you'll just admit I'm right about something, I can stop arguing with you too.  |
I see what you're saying, but if someone removes the copy-protection from a book or movie and copies that movie or a book to another format
for their own personal use, I don't have a problem with it. People pay money for a digital copy on the assumption that they'll have the same access to it in coming years that they do today. It may not be legal, ApK, but I certainly can't see where it's not ethical. If purchases are going to have a time-limit, that should be stated up-front, and the word "buy" should be changed to "buy for a limited time."