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Originally Posted by Boston
I agree it doesn't deter anyone who is determined to share their files; however, I do think it sends a clear statement that its "not okay to share" (and that is sufficient given the current market).
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meh... we're not children. people who won't share anyway don't need that message, and people who
will share don't hear / care about that message. i really don't think it changes anything.
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I personally have no problems breaking DRM for personal use but as long as its there wouldn't crack it so I could distribute. For example, I use igors scripts to borrow library books but don't go as far as removing DRM completely so I can share those with my mother. However, if there were no drm at all, I probably would be more tempted to do so.
I know I may be in the minority here, but I don't have a problem with DRM itself, but do wish the industry would adopt a common standard so as not to tie us to particualr sellers or devices.
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well, i think you may well be in the minority here, particularly if you're saying that only the presence of drm prevents you from sharing library books with your mother...
personally, i haven't been reading / buying ebooks that long (a little over 1 year) and i have *already* had bad experiences with drm books which i have bought and then lost access to for no good reason (i had to reinstall the system on my computer ; new id number, drm server doesn't recognize it, no downloading of my books for me. books
that i paid for, and many of which i had not read yet.). the ONLY reason i still will be able to read those books (that i bought !) is because right away when i purchased them i removed the drm and saved a backup of the drm-free file. if i lose those backups, though, i'm out of luck : either i forget about the books, or i buy them again. that's drm for you. i think a lot of people, in that situation, will feel completely justified in downloading illicit copies.
i make my own choices about what is ethical : i want to support authors so they will continue to write, so i buy books from them. but i also choose which books i buy carefully, because i'm not rich, and buying books is admittedly something of a luxury. so when i do buy a book, i want to keep it forever, and i want to be able to read it whenever i want, however i want, on the device i choose, as many times as i choose (i do re-read books i like)... etc.
drm is not going to change my mind about what is acceptable behavior, and it's not going to influence how i use my books, except to discourage me from spending money on books with drm that can't be cracked. i'm overjoyed that adobe's epub drm has been cracked, because that is my preferred format, and i want to support the industry standard (lord knows we need a standard format !!), but before it had been cracked i was worried about buying books and then losing access to them in the (possibly very near) future. if adobe patches their drm and the crack no longer works, i'll go back to buying lit books when there is no drm-free version available, removing the drm immediately, and saving a backup, just in case.
i consider my library an investment, and drm lowers its value significantly.