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Originally Posted by rkomar
It's hard to know what your point is here.
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See thread title. I made an argument in favor of DRM. My method was to show similarities between DRM and older locking, and anti-shoplifting, mechanisms that almost everyone see as reasonable despite the inconvenience to honest consumers.
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Are you pointing out that smart people realize that the DRM laws are stupid?
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No. I hope I don't make statements as to which classes of people are smart and stupid.
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If not, what's so bad about breaking DRM encryption to take control of an ebook that you have no intention of distributing?
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A lot of lock-picking is done without criminal intent. This is true of the picking of physical locks, and true of DRM removal. EDIT: There are big differences between taking control of an eBook because you don't want to pay for it, and taking control of it because you think it would be nice if others could read it for free, and taking control of it because you want to read a Kindle format book on your Nook. In a just world, the first one would be treated just like shoplifting from a physical store, even though, in the real, unjust, world, equal enforcement can be extremely difficult.
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There are already laws out there for protecting copyright and distribution. What's the point of the adding one for breaking encryption?
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I wasn't arguing about what the law should be. Writing fair laws is quite difficult. I was arguing in favor of eBook DRM.