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Originally Posted by bill the smith
Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that books are knowledge and that knowledge is forever free".
I am totally opposed to:
1. DMR on books.
2. Geographic limits on sales of ereaders.
3. Geographic limits on purchase of ebooks.
4. Americo-centrism as the defining basis of the availability of literature.
5. Making criminals of those who download/possess/read ebooks which are not in the Public Domain.
6. Unreal copyright laws.
This means that I support:
7. Software that cracks/strips DRM.
8. Free distribution of any book which is electronic format.
9. Access for all ereaders and ebooks without geographical limitation.
10. "Warez" or "pirate sites” that make ebooks available to all – books for every person in every country for free.
Is anyone else on board?
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Fully agreed.
I hate that Kindle is only available in USA. No way that I would ever come to live to USA, even though there are a lot of cool things there.
And geographical restrictions are just asking for me to steal those books.
I have no way of buying them, unless I want to wait for them to be shipped across the Atlantic and paying extra for shipping which I don't need, I need only book. So I have to steal. Sometimes publishers are idiots.