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anamardoll · 03-19-2012, 05:31 PM

I find these discussions distressing because invariably people pop up to say, essentially, "Whatever, I'm still going to do it."

OK, still do it, but don't say whatever. Unless you, personally, are Apprentice Alf or someone similar, you are relying on tools to liberate your books. You think that Amazon and B&N and Adobe couldn't break those tools easily enough with an update to their systems?

To me, these laws are not designed to get John Q. Public; they're designed to intimidate unlockers and the people who download their tools. (Remember the Sony grab attempt in court to get the IP addresses of everyone who had downloaded the PS3 jailbreaking code? I do.)

I just find the short-sightedness distressing when people dismiss these laws because they can't be implemented against them personally.

/soapbox.

03-19-2012, 05:31 PM	#37
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I find these discussions distressing because invariably people pop up to say, essentially, "Whatever, I'm still going to do it." OK, still do it, but don't say whatever. Unless you, personally, are Apprentice Alf or someone similar, you are relying on tools to liberate your books. You think that Amazon and B&N and Adobe couldn't break those tools easily enough with an update to their systems? To me, these laws are not designed to get John Q. Public; they're designed to intimidate unlockers and the people who download their tools. (Remember the Sony grab attempt in court to get the IP addresses of everyone who had downloaded the PS3 jailbreaking code? I do.) I just find the short-sightedness distressing when people dismiss these laws because they can't be implemented against them personally. /soapbox.