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Software is tool for a specific purpose. Books are knowledge. I get the tools for work from the company, but I have to get knowledge myself. I don't accept the right of authorities to prevent me from owning these books and actually keep me ignorant.
I don't talk about fiction books. Most of them are pretty poor entertainment not better then soap operas in the TV. You don't have to criminalize people copying popular fiction books. Enough punishment for them is that they have wasted many hours reading them instead of earning money, taking care for their family, playing with their children.
However to prevent people from having free access at any time to scientific materials, experience and wisdom is sin. I rather break the law, but I feel we should not let anyone to keep others in mental slavery if they can not afford to buy books.
The point is however, that many people (and me too) believe and there are signs confirming these views, that DRM actually harmful to the publishers too and prevents the ebook market from growing and maturing.
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