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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
I am cool with authors having copyright, many people are. The fact that I will still borrow e-books and yet BUY printed books shows that I too, am cool with authors having copyright.
My beef with DRM for books that I buy is entirely about personal use. Entirely. I have this weird sense of entitlement that if I buy a book, I should be able to keep it. So I buy the printed book.
Seems the authors don't have issues with me keeping the printed one even if my bookshelf gets vandalized. So I buy the item that gives me the most personal freedom and permanence of use. So far, DRM infested books don't fit that bill for me. Too many restrictions and legal loopholes for me.
I can understand authors and publishers not wanting books to be pirated, honestly I do. But holding paying customers hostage because of it isn't gonna work. Most people don't have "a pirate site". Most people just want to buy their book and keep the darned thing.
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I have purchased many ebooks and have felt a sense of ownership over every one. I also understand that just like printed books I don't have unlimited right to do whatever I like with them or share them with any and everyone I like. Printed books have their own drm- the physical properties of the book make it more difficult to " share" the book. The legal restrictions on sharing are precisely the same .