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If it's just about being able to keep your copy forever, you could buy the ebook and strip DRM. How does ebook price vs hardcopy price matter here?
by kranner 7y ago
If it's just about being able to keep your copy forever, you could buy the ebook and strip DRM. How does ebook price vs hardcopy price matter here?
- pritambaral 7y ago> strip DRM As your parent says, they're already pirating the e-book. The difference is in how it appears to the publisher. If an e-book is bought and then ripped, the publisher doesn't become aware of the latter but they still see an e-book sale. > If it's just about being able to keep your copy forever It's not just about that. It's also about not supporting a sale one is opposed to on principle.
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- carlob 7y agoSibling poster replied for me better better than I would have myself. Regarding price I wanted to add that a physical artifact that I can resell or pass down for generations is worth much more than the bits it encodes. I also think we have a somewhat different definition of forever.