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Originally Posted by clarknova
Umm... you might want to qualify that statement.  Even given the context of the discussion that's not necessarily true. |
It really is necessarily true. DRM schemes do not change in any way the copyright law. It is independent of DRM. If you own a copyrighted book you cannot give a copy to all your friends. It is ownership of one copy that you bought. Sure Social DRM may permit you to make a copy for use on another machine that you own. Other forms of DRM also allow you to make a copy for other machines that you own. The inability to enforce the rules so that you can't use a neighbors machine on your account does not change the law. Some social DRM just adds a watermark to the book. This does not allow you to make 1000 copies so long as you are willing to let them see your watermark.
Certainly you could cancel your credit card and provide 1,000 copies to anyone who wanted them but you are kidding (deluding) yourself if you think this is legal.
Dale