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Originally Posted by HarryT
Totally different situation. Stripping DRM for personal use isn't depriving anyone of anything. Buying a book for your personal use only, then giving it to Aunt Jane to read is, if Aunt Jane would otherwise have bought her own copy.
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Who said Aunt Jane was going to buy a copy? I thought the case was that she would not otherwise buy a copy.
Also stripping DRM deprives publisher of money in the case were you want the book in a different format and would have bought it if you did not strip DRM. Or in the case when the DRM maintainer disappear and you loose the book and have to buy a new one. I would suspect that it is not uncommon for people to buy the same book in different format since they need it on a new reader.