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Originally Posted by McNutt
In Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Vault sued Quaid for creating a program that allowed users to make backup copies of Vault software. The courts ruled that while Quaid's program could be used to enable infringement, its had substantial non-infringing use in that it enabled private backups and ruled in Quaid's favor.
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This case is from 1988, well before the DMCA made circumventing DRM illegal.
But in looking into this, I found a case that might be relevant
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/23/29099.htm
Although I suspect that it doesn't apply, since DRM on ebooks is supposed to protect against infringement of copyright, not just to restrict access.