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I haven't yet pirated an ebook - pirating a pbook is so ridiculous a concept it's not worth including here - but as a matter of course I strip off all DRM before using it, and I would have no compunction whatsoever about selling or giving away my copy to someone else, of course deleting any copy I have at the same time.
If I did pirate an ebook, it would probably be for the reason HarryT gave in one of the first comments, namely that no commercial version is available, but I wouldn't require myself to buy a paper copy. If I did that, I wouldn't need the electronic copy.
The idea that I should take out a license to read a book is anathema to me and an unjustifiable restriction of my rights. I am buying a product, just as people have done for centuries, not licensing it. Can you imagine agreeing to pay a license to use a lightbulb or a pair of shoes, or the food you buy in the grocery?
Last edited by James_Wilde; 07-19-2012 at 03:19 AM.
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