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Originally Posted by JSWolf
While it may be illegal (in some countries) to purchase LIT fomat books, break the DRM, and convert to BBeB, but, do you feel it's unethical?
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Nope, not at all, but the law doesn't care whether or not it's being ethical when it punishes you  . I'd have no qualms at all about doing it personally for a LIT file that I'd bought. |
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The law and ethics have no bearing on each other. What I want to know is why is it OK to convert CDs to another format, but to do so for an ebook is wrong?
I for one feel it's ok to convert LIT to LRF. And if I want to share said book with my wife, I don't feel that's a problem either. Even Sony allows us to share.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I agree with you, but we're not talking here about what's right or wrong, but what's legal - there's a tenuous connection at best. All I'm doing is warning people that, depending on where you live, it may not be legal to remove the DRM from LIT files. Armed with that knowledge, you can then make your own decision about whether or not to do it.
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Hey, guys, we've already got an excellent
ethics discussion thread! There's no need to hijack this one!
