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... I am so, so lucky in my friends
Dec. 27th, 2012 11:35 pmThe woozl has (a) sorted out laundry and (b) sorted out dinner this evening. While I slept fitfully on the sofa. For four hours.
Dec. 27th, 2012
& in "I really hate DRM" news...
Dec. 27th, 2012 11:42 pmI spent several weeks off-and-on utterly failing to track down a DRM-free ebook of Malignant Sadness by Lewis Wolpert. (Amazon has an ebook for £5.26.)
I was delighted to stumble across it for £3.50 in the second-hand section of a book shop the other day, even though on the whole I greatly prefer ebooks because they don't hurt to read.
But, you know, I would very happily have not waited until I found a cheaper second-hand copy - & more money would have gone to the publisher and author - if a DRM-free edition of the ebook had been available.
- which leads me on to the broader question of: given that most of my second-hand books come from charity shops; and given that dead-tree books are generally harder for me to read these days than ebooks, much as this upsets me; where is the ethical problem with pirating ebooks provided I make regular donations to $charity, anyway? (Obligatory Disclaimer In Which I Note that: I do spent a fair bit of money on "new" ebooks, when I can find them DRM-free; I am aware that this practice would be legally dubious, at best.)
I was delighted to stumble across it for £3.50 in the second-hand section of a book shop the other day, even though on the whole I greatly prefer ebooks because they don't hurt to read.
But, you know, I would very happily have not waited until I found a cheaper second-hand copy - & more money would have gone to the publisher and author - if a DRM-free edition of the ebook had been available.
- which leads me on to the broader question of: given that most of my second-hand books come from charity shops; and given that dead-tree books are generally harder for me to read these days than ebooks, much as this upsets me; where is the ethical problem with pirating ebooks provided I make regular donations to $charity, anyway? (Obligatory Disclaimer In Which I Note that: I do spent a fair bit of money on "new" ebooks, when I can find them DRM-free; I am aware that this practice would be legally dubious, at best.)