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Originally Posted by Alisa
Many of us don't believe that just because something may be illegal that it is necessarily immoral.
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I understand the need for DRM to protect from revenue loss and that is what I use for my moral compass. Maybe its my wishful thinking that the courts and companies will have better things to do than chase people who are copying/modifying for personal use only that to which they are legally entitled and will focus on illegal distribution which is the intent of the laws to begin with.
Perhaps I misunderstood the choices, I voted "I buy books with device specific DRM (like Mobi and Kindle) and stick to the DRM terms" because I feel that is closer to what I am doing than the other choices although not strictly following DRM terms. I will alter the DRM (using igor's script) so that my Kindle can read books from other sources to which I have purchased elsewhere or borrowed from the library.
Likewise, I decrypt DVDs so I can covert them for my PMP. In all cases, I've purchased or rented. Likewise, I rip/convert the CDs I purchase. Otherwise, I wouldn't purchase at all since my listening/watching time is usually on the train.
But I don't do any of this to share/distribute as I believe revenues should go to the authors, artists and their backers.