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Old 05-30-2009, 10:36 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
I object to the title of this thread. What right does anyone have to call me a pirate for removing DRM from my own property, to be used only on my ereader, and not given to anyone else?

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It's the title of the article.

The RIAA has claimed that making a digital copy of a CD you've legally bought, is unauthorized copyright infringement. They've also claimed that making a file available for download should be prosecuted as copyright infringement, even if there's no evidence that anyone downloaded it.

What certain rights-holders think is copyright infringement has very little connection to what most of us think is reasonable, ethical use of what we've bought. And what's "legal" is what stands up in court, not what fits a sensible person's reading of the law.
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