Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.ecp.fr!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Walter Banks Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Subject: Re: ebooks Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:21:27 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 31 Message-ID: <53306997.A7B71152@bytecraft.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 27NLIylBuK5Bnu/YJ7TixA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD479 (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:1944 Lewis wrote: > In message > Whiskers wrote: > > On 2014-03-24, Lewis wrote: > >> In message > >> > >>> If I'm going to pay for a book, I want a hard copy; a proper > >>> paperback at least. I am repelled by the idea of paying money for a > >>> licence to possess one digital copy which is not transferable to > >>> anyone else, and possibly not even to another device owned by me, and > >>> which can be withdrawn at any time the provider sees fit. Books are > >>> for sharing and passing on and going back to; that's perfectly > >>> possible with ebooks, but not while the publishers try to impose > >>> 'digital rights management' and 'licenses' and other nonsense making > >>> such activities 'shady' or 'illegal'. > >> > >> Fortunately, stripping the DRM from ebooks is trivial. > > > But doing so contravenes the 'licence' or 'end user licensing agreement' > > to which you have to agree before you can access the original file. > > Don't care. I consider the license illegal and immoral. How so? It is a serious question so I can understand your comments. w..