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Well, that's exactly the point. These rulings can only be tested in court, they are civil (tort) trials, and must be interpreted via such court cases. Since such cases cost a copyright holder money (and often a lot), they will only test such cases with obviously flagrant violations when commercial profit is involved or with someone serving out illegal copies of ebooks on a massive scale (a la Napster).
DRM-breaking software for individual use seems to be readily available, so I assume even the larger publishers have been disinclined to test these cases. As another forum discussion is currently debating, this exemption seems to muddy the waters even more, since it's not at all clear that only TTS is meant here. How this is interpreted would need to be tested by publishers in court which, as I said, they seem to be disinclined to do, at least with individuals with their own legally purchased ebooks.
I don't sense there's much in the way of a Napster culture for ebooks, or am I wrong?
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