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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Most EULAs are unfair, and possibly illegal. I have no qualms about ignoring provisions that seem to me to be grossly unfair and one-sided.
So I modify the ebooks I download from Fictionwise for my own use, and do not feel that I'm doing anything wrong by doing so, even though Fictionwise has in its terms of use (under section 9, Ebooks):
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I'm breaking that EULA every single time I buy a book... As I will always remove DRM and reformat the books (I hate empty lines between paragraphs!)... Do I feel anything about that? Nope. Nothing, nada, zip...
The only thing I refuse to do is redistribute outside my house. Don't ask me for that book I just bought, because you can't have it. It will only go on my device and my husband's. I won't even give it to my mother (though, that point is theoretical only, as my mother doesn't read English and I do
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