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Originally Posted by sirmaru
If stripping of DRM led to sharing of those eBooks, then the economic model for writing and publishing books would collapse. Remember, once DRM is stripped, the next act without any real consequences would be sharing with friends and family.
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There are a lot of parallels to that argument. It's like saying if you own a gun the next step is to murder someone. If you own a car you'll soon be a getaway man for bank robbers. Arguments like this aren't usually taken very seriously. Certainly not by me.
However, our culture has always encouraged sharing books with family and friends. Someone who wouldn't do that would be considered at least a little bit selfish. I have an extra Kindle I use for that. I see no moral difficulty here. If I did it by stripping the DRM I'd see no problem with that either.
Posting a book on the internet to share it with everyone is a different matter. That does hurt the book industry. I can understand why people do that but I wouldn't do it.
Barry