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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Title from the article. Interesting article, with some good words from our DRM-free favorite Cory Doctorow.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40754848

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[-] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 133 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Removing DRM has always been "illegal".

However: German concentration camps were legal, while families protecting Jewish citizens from being taken to said concentration camps was strictly illegal.

What's legal is not always right (ethically and morally), and what's right is not always legal. Remember that.

[-] laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago

extremely self aggrandizing analogy to say the least

[-] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'd like to clarify that removing DRM does lie in a grey zone in many countries, including in the US due to some court rulings. In some countries the right to make a backup of your e-book might have priority over copyright law for example.

[-] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 days ago

Sure, but companies who employ DRM have argued against that grey area since DRM was a thing. Something something IP/copyright/licensing/whatever bullshit... IMO: fuck you, I bought it, I own it, eat shit.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 10 points 6 days ago

Correct... How are they going to enforce their "property" rights when I do it at home?

These corpo parasites are delulu hence why I stopped spending money on media.

Get fucked.

[-] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago

Sometimes doing something illegal is anti-social behavior. Sometimes it's anti-authoritarian behavior. These are not the same thing.

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