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Originally Posted by leaston
Perhaps the onus should therefore be on the ebook reader manufacturers to ensure their devices are encrypted? Or provide us with locking briefcases with handcuffs to ensure we never lose an ebook. I really do think this argument is ludicrous.
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I made this same observation a while ago in another DRM thread. If I'm responsible for what someone else did without my knowledge or approval, then the publisher/bookseller/author is responsible for what I did. Their loss, their fault.
And in any case, this idea that if I copied a file and gave it to Aunt Mary and she gave it to Cousin Pete, Cousin Pete would then gleefully post it on a file-sharing site for all their friends and relations and acquaintances, is rather far-fetched, I think. If someone did post it on a file-sharing site, fine, go after that individual when it happens. Aunt Mary and Cousin Pete just want to share the e-book the same way they've been accustomed to sharing physical books.