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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Not at all comparable. You are describing getting something you didn't pay for. You aren't entitled to a large print book just because you bought a small print book. But removing DRM isn't getting something you hadn't paid for. It is getting access to what you DID pay for.
It is quote a legion of straw men you have set up.
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On the first point alone. Did you pay for a DRM free book? Are you entitled to a DRM free book? Not by common right or you could just get one.
On the straw men. Just in my world it is let the buyer beware. You can of course deep fry your TV dinners and eat your chimichangas frozen hard as a rock. But do you have the right to recourse if you are unhappy with the product because of this. And you are totally right that this has little to do with ebooks.
But in my opinion, not being a lawyer, the whole area of buying something, knowing what it is and the terms attached before and doing something against those terms is a bit murky.
Sure do what you will in the privacy of your own home, but advocating or glorifying these actions seems a bit tacky and perhaps iresponsible. Not saying that you personally would do this and I am aware that my response to this kind of thing is disproportionate as well.
Helen