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Originally Posted by patilsaurabhr
It shouldn't be pronounced illegal upto the point you are doing it for yourself and abstain from uploading, emailing, or using any other means of mass distribution. IMO, the DRM removed file must be deleted as soon as you are done with it.
Secondly, we don't know whether authors llike it or not. (Even if we do it for home and personal use.) Finally, it's their work and, of course, intellectual property.
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None of the countries where circumvention of copy protection is illegal have any kind of fair use clause attached, so if you do it for any reason you are committing an illegal act. If it was something you bought from Amazon you would also be violating their terms of use.