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As Kati said, if we dont buy because the price is too high for the rights we get, the market will never develop, and everybody will say "ebooks are dead" (ar-nt they saying that already?) So what I rather do is buy the book, support the innovative startup that took the chance on a new market, and treat the book as if its a physical book. As long as I dont upload to kazaa, I dont see the problem in cracking the DRM.
Many new markets need us early adopters to support them, but it doesn't mean we have to be stupid about it. Many new markets never pan out and collapse, and we dont have to be the ones who suffer because of this. As long as we dont actively sabotage the stores (e.g upload to kazaa) I dont see the problem.
To give you another example why its stupid to stick to unreasonable rules which hurt no one, in the UK its illegal to rip your CD's to MP3's (there is no such thing as Fair Rights Provision here), yet I have always done it, most people who know how do it, we do it for our own enjoyment, and we dont feel like criminals. Yet what we are doing is illegal...
Just understand, sometimes the rules (and even the laws) are wrong, and as long is you are not hurting anyone (and no, lost profit by not buying a copy of the book to give to your wife to read on her clie does not count) then I dont see any problem in breaking the rules.
Surur
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