Thread: Argument in favor of DRM
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Old 10-27-2014, 06:33 AM   #112
SteveEisenberg
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Originally Posted by rkomar View Post
You haven't given any justification for why breaking encryption for backup and format shifting should be illegal.
That's because I was arguing in favor of DRM, not in favor of laws. While some laws are a necessary evil, I see forcing people to behave morally through laws and punishment as a dire last resort.

Since I see no criminal intent, from my point of view, in breaking encryption for backup and format shifting, a law against digital lock-picking shouldn't apply there.

AFAIK, the only people who get arrested for taking books without paying are physical shoplifters.

We are talking at cross-purposes because I am writing in favor of DRM, which I think does reduce eBook shoplifting some, and you are writing about laws.
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