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Originally Posted by Redcard
Actually, I don't know where you got that idea.. but breaking DRM is against the DMCA. There are exceptions for test cases and exceptions for when the technology that controls or uses the DRM is no longer feasible.. but you have to be in that "no longer feasible" state in order for that to apply.
Another close one is for removing DRM from ebooks when all versions of the ebook (and all types) have text to speech disabled or are incapable of being read via a screen reader.
Currently, removing DRM is considered circumvention, and thus is illegal.
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Truth is, there's a conflict in DMCA. One part specifically allows stripping encryption for certain purposes, another bans the making or distribution (but not, sof far as I know, the possession) of tools by which to do so. This is a conflict that can only be resolved by Congress (which won't happen) or the courts, and there are no cases anywhere near the Supreme Court yet.
But the Library of Congress is currently reviewing the exemptions.
And the right to make archival copies - copies that are usable - predates the DMCA by a couple of decades.
The flat claim that it's illegal is simply not true in the US. Not yet, at any rate.