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kazbates · 08-14-2009, 04:49 PM

I think it's fairly ironic that the original poster named this thread "Declaration of Independence", one of the USA's most treasured documents and the foundation of our government, when he clearly has a great deal of animosity towards the United States of America.

I don't agree with Digital Rights Management (DRM), but I do feel that the authors, publishers and booksellers have a right to collect remuneration for the goods and services that they provide. Downloading an pirated ebook is no different than going to a furniture store, picking up a chair from the showroom and taking it home for your own personal use without paying the store. The purchase price of the chair is distributed to the store owner, the manufacturing company, designer, shipping company, and so on. This could be applied to almost all goods and services.

08-14-2009, 04:49 PM	#67
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	I think it's fairly ironic that the original poster named this thread "Declaration of Independence", one of the USA's most treasured documents and the foundation of our government, when he clearly has a great deal of animosity towards the United States of America. I don't agree with Digital Rights Management (DRM), but I do feel that the authors, publishers and booksellers have a right to collect remuneration for the goods and services that they provide. Downloading an pirated ebook is no different than going to a furniture store, picking up a chair from the showroom and taking it home for your own personal use without paying the store. The purchase price of the chair is distributed to the store owner, the manufacturing company, designer, shipping company, and so on. This could be applied to almost all goods and services.