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Originally Posted by hildea
[*]Scenario 1: I buy a book from Amazon, download it to my PC, and read it on my PC using the Amazon provided program "Kindle for PC".[*]Scenario 2: I do everything in scenario 1, then strip DRM, convert the book to epub, and read it on my ereader, sitting comfortably in my sofa.
ottischwenk, please explain how scenario 2 steals from the author!
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You remove DRM, thereby making general readability possible.
It's against the law.
If you read the associated Kindle on the purchase account, then it corresponds to the license that you purchased.
If you read on another device, and that is only possible with DRM removal, then you withhold the purchase price for another license that you would legally need.
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[*]Scenario 3: The book I want is only available on Amazon, and Amazon doesn't publish in formats compatible with my ereader. I don't buy that book.
That is, obviously, not a better outcome for the author.
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Then, if you wanted to act according to the law, you'd have to buy a Kindle.
Everything would be possible without any problems with a device that can handle both Kindle and the other formats via apps - there are some.
I have registered all my EInk tablets on my Amazon, Adobe, CARE account and can read everything legally on all of these devices and do not have to worry about DRM.
The binding of a reader to a format is not God-given, and has no advantages, but brutal business management in that it binds the customer to a shop, from which he can only get out by violating the law.