On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:30:58 +0000, scott wrote:

> Assuming people would follow the terms in the license agreement doesn't
> seem bad or faulty to me.

The bad assumption is that people will buy it, so then they write the 
license agreement to reflect that bad assumption.

It's a faulty premise, and not really my problem that they made a bad 
assumption and based their business model on it.

Most people that I know feel the same way - I bought the (CD, ePub, 
whatever), so if I want to convert it to something more convenient for my 
own personal use, that's my business.

Where it becomes a problem is when I convert it to a format that's 
convenient and then share it with someone who should buy their own copy.

> The problem is how to draw the line between what is right and
> wrong from a legal point of view?

The problem, really, is how to draw the line about what's right and wrong 
from an ethical point of view (from the publisher's point of view).  Is 
it ethically right to make people pay multiple times for the same digital 
content?  Maybe yes, maybe no, depending on the circumstances.

Just because something's legal doesn't mean it's *right*.  That's with 
civil disobedience is all about.

Jim

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