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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
That's typically the case with music as well, but people still do it. 
Let's assume someone downloads a DRM-free file to their computer, and the licensing terms change later on (assuming the original license terms allow for that), and remove that as an option. How do you enforce the new terms with all the users who have already downloaded a file and uploaded it to a number of devices? Why would you even bother to spend the time and effort to try?
DRM-free means I can use it as I see fit as long as I am the only one using it. That sounds a lot like exclusive ownership to me. In fact, licensing terms can call it what they want, but the practical reality is the same as if I own the file. Everything else, is semantics. |
BINGO!
Once it is on your computer YOU OWN IT! If you are paranoid enough to think someone is going to come check your pc for copyright material, you have bigger problems then some lost ebooks.
And quite frankly, I don't give a rats ass about what the supposed law says, I bought it, I own it. I'm not selling it, giving it away, or uploading it for the masses. It is mine to keep forever. Don't make laws that you have absolutely NO WAY to enforce.
People were copying record albums on to tapes for years, and nobody said boo. It only became a big deal once the digital age arrived.
But again, the plain fact of the matter is once it is in your possession, nobody including the media companies are going to come after you to see what you have on your pc. They have bigger things to worry about.
So long as you are using it for your benefit and aren't uploading it all over the world, you have nothing to worry about.
It's all about utilizing common sense, which a great many people seem to lack.