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Originally Posted by DNSB
Reprehensible. I'm on the side of the fence that says removing DRM from my ebooks is okay -- I have unfond memories of companies shutting down their DRM servers leaving me with useless chunks of data, the last one being when Microsoft turned off their DRM servers for Microsoft Reader. My opinion is that removing DRM from borrowed books is not morally acceptable -- they are a time limited loan and not your ebook.
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I have always earned a small part of my living from creative efforts. I know the lousy feeling in the pit of the stomach when I find someone using a photo of mine commercially without payment to me. Or if some photo blog site thinks I should write for them for free.
Sometimes, if you push back you'll get paid, sometimes you won't. In my youth, I was better at rationalizing my baser behavior, but any more I just can't do unto others that which I don't want done unto me.