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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
BoldlyDubious wants the retailer to shoulder the responsibility, DiapDealer says; "Too heck with that, I take care of my situation as I see fit". One is idealistic the other pragmatic. When I discovered DRM I was 100% in the BD camp, I couldn't believe that I was taken for a sucker, rage flowed through my veins, then DD showed me the light, the simple solution to take ownership of your own situation, so to license renters I say; "Now I pwn your ass".  |
You are right :-) I wasn't discussing what you or DiapDealer do.
To DiapDealer I say: I think that the law is there to protect people (including those that are ignorant, dumb, or even willingly ignorant or dumb) from abuse. In other markets companies can't get away with misleading labeling of their product, while in the market of digital goods this is tolerated. I think this is mainly due to the current lack of an accepted definition of what "an ebook" or "a song" are, but maybe I'm wrong.
The fact that you can defend from muggers by learning Kung-Fu does not mean that the mugging should be allowed, or that if you don't learn Kung-Fu it's your own fault if you are mugged. Mugging should be prevented even if some people
don't care if they are mugged. (Note: analogy only used to explain my own point :-P )