Quote:
Originally Posted by Solicitous
You're right though, piracy is stealing, but in this digital age is it really stealing something that you are being denied the right to purchase in the first place? I don't believe people pirating are the sole reason for DRM, what needs to be looked is "Why are people pirating?". Bet you'd find majority of the people pirating ebooks are because either (a) hurt by DRM, (b) denied sale of ebook.
|
Just as everything else, the definition of what's legal, illegal, moral or immoral is changing. Things are not black and white that's for sure.
The ethics in technology (especially IT) is quickly becoming an issue that is affecting people in their daily lives. Who would have thought that a simple action such as getting a book to read would become riddled with so many traps! I know the music industry has already gone (and still is) going through this. We all know how DRM ended up not working too well there. But then again, "one size fits all" does not apply here.
Just reading through some of the comments in this thread, there's enough ideas for 5 PhD thesis!
Hmm ... We certainly are living in interesting times (and I for one am not sure if that's a good thing!).