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Originally Posted by HarryT
I would make a clear distinction between removing DRM to allow me to read a book on a different device, and removing DRM to allow me to give a copy of a book to someone else. In my personal ethical system, the latter is dishonest; the former is not. Your ethical standards may of course differ, and that's entirely your concern. I certainly don't consider it hypocritical to say that copyright infringement (giving someone a copy of something, or lending someone the original while retaining a copy yourself) is dishonest. To my way of thinking, it IS dishonest.
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We have very different viewpoints on dishonesty then. I tend to believe that if I feel
I can break the law "responsibly" (based solely on my own personal ethics), I have an obligation to assume others are capable of the very same thing.
DRM removal and copyright infringement both have equal potential for harm or harmlessness to rights-holders.