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Originally Posted by ttf
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Originally Posted by darylbrayman
So, due to the idiotic rules put in place by the publishing industry, it’s time for me to become a criminal.
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Your decision. It's against the contract and you know it.
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Legally speaking, I would like to set things straight. First of all, breaking a contract doesn't make anyone a criminal. Secondly, there are limits to what you can put in a contract, especially when dealing with consumers. It is doubtful that such a contract can keep you from reselling the ebook you "bought." Big companies regularly put all kinds of abusive terms in their contracts and consumers follow them eyes closed. What makes a term or condition abusive, and thus illegal, depends largely upon the perception ordinary people. If you bought a paper book in a bookstore and read on the back of your receipt that as a condition to the sale you cannot resell the book, you would see that as absurd and wouldn't take it seriously. The same applies to ebooks.
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However the direct way to fight it is not to buy it.
Plus, of course, the "classic" political ways to influence law making.
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Damn right. Those are the two most effective ways of fighting DRM and abusive contracts that purport to keep consumers from reselling ebooks.