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Originally Posted by meeera
I really struggle to think of any way in which at-home DRM-breakage and format-shifting can possibly harm anyone. Unless you stretch a point and try to claim that it's reasonable to make a husband and wife each buy a copy of the same book and that spousal sharing is a criminally harmful "lost sale", or that every time a person changes device brand they should have to re-buy all your books, or they are "harming" an author/publisher who doesn't get to sell them the same book twice simply because two device manufacturers chose two different systems.
And if DRM breakage for home personal use doesn't harm anyone, it shouldn't be illegal.
eta: or, to tl;dr myself: maybe I should just have the right to personally use my digital purchases however I want in the privacy of my own home.
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I'm with you. I might only have an issue with the "however I want" part.
I believe copyright has important value, as does rule of law, and both should be respected. I would therefore suggest that "however I want" be replaced with more detail, both to insure that fair and reasonable use is protected, and to prevent wackos from finding a harmful loophole*, which would then cause a backlash of new restrictions.
This is why laws get wordy....
ApK
*for example. You said "personally use" but you also mention sharing between husband and wife. Certainly you meant the rest of the family, too, right? Extended family? Friends you have over for dinner? Friends of friends? How about 100 people from the neighborhood coming in to see a movie? Maybe have them kick in a couple bucks at the door to help defray the cost of clean up after....etc....