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alecE · 03-23-2010, 11:30 PM

Thank you jabberwok_11 for a very entertaining OP. I've only wandered in the darknet twice. Once I obtained a copy of 'The Difference Engine' which doesn't seem to be legally available in digital format anywhere. If I could buy it legitimately, I would.

I'm suffering the pangs of darknet temptation at the moment - I've recently discovered the 'Sharpe' series by Bernard Cornwell. I'm really happy to buy these as legal copies, but Harper Collins are being very slow about bringing them out. So that torrent download of Mr. Cornwell's entire and complete works is sitting (untouched so far) on my hard drive, looking more & more like that elephant in the room...

And yes, I do remove the drm from books that I purchase, but I consider it's my right to protect and future-proof my purchases. I do not think it right to pass such liberated titles on to other people.

And as for geo restrictions, I haven't by-passed those, yet. But it's almost certainly going to happen one day when yet again I'm prevented from helping an author get some money.

I prefer to act within the law, I WANT to pay money for books, so why does the publishing industry make it so damn hard when the means to circumvent these restrictions are so damn simple?

03-23-2010, 11:30 PM	#48
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	Thank you jabberwok_11 for a very entertaining OP. I've only wandered in the darknet twice. Once I obtained a copy of 'The Difference Engine' which doesn't seem to be legally available in digital format anywhere. If I could buy it legitimately, I would. I'm suffering the pangs of darknet temptation at the moment - I've recently discovered the 'Sharpe' series by Bernard Cornwell. I'm really happy to buy these as legal copies, but Harper Collins are being very slow about bringing them out. So that torrent download of Mr. Cornwell's entire and complete works is sitting (untouched so far) on my hard drive, looking more & more like that elephant in the room... And yes, I do remove the drm from books that I purchase, but I consider it's my right to protect and future-proof my purchases. I do not think it right to pass such liberated titles on to other people. And as for geo restrictions, I haven't by-passed those, yet. But it's almost certainly going to happen one day when yet again I'm prevented from helping an author get some money. I prefer to act within the law, I WANT to pay money for books, so why does the publishing industry make it so damn hard when the means to circumvent these restrictions are so damn simple?