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Originally Posted by jbjb
Harry - how would you regard removing DRM and giving a copy to a friend, if the original copy is deleted (so that only one copy exists)? If I then trust my friend to delete his copy when he gives it back there is still only one copy in existence at any one time. Would you regard this as ethically sound, and if not, why not?
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Let me ask Harry another question--shifting the focus to music, since I'm currently in the process of digitizing my LP collection, creating multiple archival and listening copies. I plan to get rid of the LPs, donating and/or selling them. In your ethical system, is this acceptable or not?