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Re:E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance by latexr on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:54AM (#38626013)
Thus rewarding the DRM services with more money. If you’re going to pay when you could’ve gotten it for free, might as well keep alive the service that respects your rights instead of strengthening the one that violates them.
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Re:E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance by falcor84 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @09:48AM (#38628119)
Not the parent, but I read "buying the normal book" as buying actual paperbacks.
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Re:E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance by latexr on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:03PM (#38633426)
Buying a physical copy of a book so you can pirate the digital version isn’t legally sound, plus it is a major impactful hassle.
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Re:E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance by falcor84 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:40PM (#38633835)
Could I perhaps buy a digital version for my local library and then borrow it from them for the same duration as I'm using the pirated file?
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