how it would be awesome if their publisher could infect electronic copies with malware
...and that would be why so many of us don't trust anything with DRM, anything we can't open in a text reader before using a program with corruptible features. Because some jerks think "they've stolen $3 in profits from me, therefore I should be allowed to destroy their last six months' worth of work and force them to reinstall their OS."
AFAIK, to date, there have been *no* convictions for ebook copying. I'm not sure there have been any lawsuits filed for nonprofit ebook copying, as opposed to piracy-for-profit or copyright-infringing-derivatives. (For profit. No lawsuits filed against fanfic, I think, just DMCA takedowns.)
I'm ready to start telling authors, "if it really bugs you, use the damn legal system to claim your rights." Because the idea that "we can't get a conviction, so let's inflict viruses on them" is not persuading me that authors are in the morally good zone in these debates.
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Date: 2011-01-20 09:08 am (UTC)...and that would be why so many of us don't trust anything with DRM, anything we can't open in a text reader before using a program with corruptible features. Because some jerks think "they've stolen $3 in profits from me, therefore I should be allowed to destroy their last six months' worth of work and force them to reinstall their OS."
AFAIK, to date, there have been *no* convictions for ebook copying. I'm not sure there have been any lawsuits filed for nonprofit ebook copying, as opposed to piracy-for-profit or copyright-infringing-derivatives. (For profit. No lawsuits filed against fanfic, I think, just DMCA takedowns.)
I'm ready to start telling authors, "if it really bugs you, use the damn legal system to claim your rights." Because the idea that "we can't get a conviction, so let's inflict viruses on them" is not persuading me that authors are in the morally good zone in these debates.