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Ken Maltby · 01-09-2010, 06:34 PM

What I find odd about DRM in general, (at least the legal approach in the USA),
is that they go after the breaking of the DRM, not the piracy. This is odd to me
because for the end user breaking the DRM, he has to have purchased the DRMed
eBook in the first place. Breaking the DRM on an eBook you have purchased, can
hardly be considered piracy.

Luck;
Ken

P.S. In other words, you only need to break the DRM, for eBooks that
you have purchased. If you are breaking DRM you are buying eBooks.

01-09-2010, 06:34 PM	#34
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	What I find odd about DRM in general, (at least the legal approach in the USA), is that they go after the breaking of the DRM, not the piracy. This is odd to me because for the end user breaking the DRM, he has to have purchased the DRMed eBook in the first place. Breaking the DRM on an eBook you have purchased, can hardly be considered piracy. Luck; Ken P.S. In other words, you only need to break the DRM, for eBooks that you have purchased. If you are breaking DRM you are buying eBooks. Last edited by Ken Maltby; 01-09-2010 at 06:42 PM.