It's about control and ownership. If you want my money then I am the client so I want to be in control and I want to own what I paid for. The things that are typically pirated are all those things where the client is expected to pay full price but control and ownership of the product is withheld from the one paying. When I buy a music I want it in a format that works on my listening devices. I don't want to convert CD's and then get told I'm breaking the law by doing so. When I buy a movie I want it to work on my tablets and copy it to all my media devices without breaking the law.
If converting my CD to mp3 is considered "breaking the law" then I can just as well break the law properly by using torrents. Why pay for something and then get nailed for controlling it to work my way?
I read a lot and own hundreds of Kindle books. The Kindle model works for me because I can install the app on any of my devices and download the book from the cloud in seconds. I also own two Kindle devices and it works great. When Amazon however blocked a person recently from accessing her Kindle library because she was not downloading the books from the country in which her Kindle account was registered I immediately downloaded all my books to my PC and removed the DRM. I paid for those books. I did not borrow them from Amazon. I do not want Amazon to tell me where/when I am allowed to read a book I legally purchased.
When a company takes a client's control and ownership away they should expect piracy to hit them in the face. It is the consumers' way of saying "Ef you!" ... you don't get my money unless I feel I get equal value in return.
If converting my CD to mp3 is considered "breaking the law" then I can just as well break the law properly by using torrents. Why pay for something and then get nailed for controlling it to work my way?
I read a lot and own hundreds of Kindle books. The Kindle model works for me because I can install the app on any of my devices and download the book from the cloud in seconds. I also own two Kindle devices and it works great. When Amazon however blocked a person recently from accessing her Kindle library because she was not downloading the books from the country in which her Kindle account was registered I immediately downloaded all my books to my PC and removed the DRM. I paid for those books. I did not borrow them from Amazon. I do not want Amazon to tell me where/when I am allowed to read a book I legally purchased.
When a company takes a client's control and ownership away they should expect piracy to hit them in the face. It is the consumers' way of saying "Ef you!" ... you don't get my money unless I feel I get equal value in return.
