On 23 juin 06, at 00:02, Jens Selvig wrote: > Is not using one of these programs to disable the DRM protection on > a music file, about the same as stealing? To me it would be the > equivalent of taking a copyright notice off of a photograph. > > If you don't like the DRM restrictions don't purchase the music. If > enough customers choose to with hold their purchase of DRM'd music, > the sellers will quickly alter their practice of locking up their > music. > here we go again… ;-) well, it's not exactly the same as stealing if you paid for the song. john just wants to remove the drm to be able to play it on a player of HIS choice (as opposed to microsoft or apple's choice…). if john then duplicates the song and sends me a copy, then he's stealing… i suggest we cool down when it comes to these over-hyped drm/copy/ downloading issues… just my 2 cents alexandre :: 17" 1.5ghz powerbook / 1.5gb / 100gb at 7200 / X.4.6 ::