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Old 12-28-2009, 01:05 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by calvin-c View Post
Distributing de-DRM tools is, IMO, ethical-but distributing the de-DRM'd books isn't.
And because of the current legal state, distributing de-DRM tools is just as illegal, or maybe a bit *more* illegal, than distributing unauthorized copies of ebooks. (Some filesharing may be legal fair use, depending on circumstances, and some authors don't mind, even if they don't specifically authorize the sharing--which makes it not illegal; crackdown is a matter of copyright owner's choice, not obligation.)

Certainly it's easier to prosecute distribution of DRM removal tools, which run into a specific, single law, than to prosecute ebook sharing, which runs into individual author/publisher copyrights, such that each would have to file suit separately.
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