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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Depends on where you live. In the US, due to the DMCA, it is not legal to remove DRM. However, currently no one has been charged for removing DRM, especially from content they have paid for.
Paying taxes is not the same as ownership. What you're doing is still technically illegal in many areas, for several reasons. Plus, can you prove what portion of your taxes went to pay for that ebook?
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First, it's not at all clear even in the US that it's illegal to remove DRM
for personal use and format shifting, and second, in Canada, it much more clearly is not illegal.
I never said I "owned" my libraries books. Nor do I need to prove what portion paid for anything. That's a specious argument. And frankly, I don't care. I strip DRM from my bought books to allow me to keep archival copies. I strip it from library books to allow me to actually read the books on my eReader of choice. When I'm done reading a library book, I remove it from my Kindle. It's as simple as that.