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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
It's interesting this thread has gotten sidetracked into a discussion of whether downloading illicit e-books is legally/morally wrong.
I would remind folks that cracking the DRM on books you purchase (which over half the people responding to the poll say they do) is every bit as legally wrong (at least in the USA and certain other countries) as downloading the books off the Internet.
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The point is that for many of us cracking the DRM is not seen as morally wrong because the book was paid for. I bought 8 ebooks today (I had money and Fictionwise sent me a 20% off coupon which added to my micropay to make a pretty good deal.
Everyone here will agree that the money I spent gives me the right to download and read those books.
However it doesn't give me the right to download and read other books by the same authors.
DRM cracking and format shifting simply enables me to exercise a right I have already paid for. That's why many members of MR do not have a moral problem with it because it doesn't violate the idea of "fair play."