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b_k · 08-03-2006, 09:19 AM

I for myself would have no problem, if I downloaded a book which is standing in my bookshelf or rotting on the attic. I don't want to pay twice or for every device (same for music). Plus in Germany you already pay fees for private copies on CD/DVD media, Flash cards, PCs, Scanners, Printers ... (insert your favorite device here).

To cash the fees and then saying "home use copy is illegal" is inconsequent in my eyes. Either I pay the fee and copy or I am forbidden to copy and don't have to pay a fee on nearly every sort of electronic/digital memory media. Not the other way around. And so i handle that for my own.

And you already mentioned another advantage of "pirated" copies. They are DRM-free and therefore compatible with a wide range of devices/reader software. I don't want the publisher have to decide what device i have to buy to view the books I paid already for.

For DRM, someone will always find a bug or another way around it, it's simply senseless to use it.

Just my 2 Cents.

08-03-2006, 09:19 AM	#20
b_k Übernerd Posts: 238 Karma: 74 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Device: iRex iLiad	I for myself would have no problem, if I downloaded a book which is standing in my bookshelf or rotting on the attic. I don't want to pay twice or for every device (same for music). Plus in Germany you already pay fees for private copies on CD/DVD media, Flash cards, PCs, Scanners, Printers ... (insert your favorite device here). To cash the fees and then saying "home use copy is illegal" is inconsequent in my eyes. Either I pay the fee and copy or I am forbidden to copy and don't have to pay a fee on nearly every sort of electronic/digital memory media. Not the other way around. And so i handle that for my own. And you already mentioned another advantage of "pirated" copies. They are DRM-free and therefore compatible with a wide range of devices/reader software. I don't want the publisher have to decide what device i have to buy to view the books I paid already for. For DRM, someone will always find a bug or another way around it, it's simply senseless to use it. Just my 2 Cents.