Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 day agoI should have specified I was talking about ebooks. That’s on me.
Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 day agoI should have specified I was talking about ebooks. That’s on me.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It might not be legal, but in my book, it is perfectly ethical to pirate a copy without DRM if you already own a legitimate copy (paper or DRM-inclusive)
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I’m not buying a bunch of paper books and creating unnecessary waste just to make sure the author gets paid. I guess I could donate them but then the author loses sales that way. I’m certainly not rewarding the use of DRM by paying for it.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can donate books to the library, you know. They’re always looking for more copies of popular books and what they don’t add to their collection, they’ll resell them and use the money for more books.
Paper books aren’t “waste” by any means as they are easily recycled.
Most authors I’ve heard from (through their Internet posts) don’t mind libraries, but they’d rather you enjoy their books legitimately than pirate.