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In the USA copyright provides civil protections to the copyright holder. In order to successfully sue someone for damages, you have to be able to show that you have been damaged. Simply copying a book, any book electronic or paper, for my own personal use does not damage the copyright holder, and hence, I cannot be sued for it. (Yes it is perfectly legal in the USA to make as many physical copies of a physical book that I have bought as I want for my own personal use.)
As far as criminal liability goes, has anyone ever been prosecuted for simply removing DRM from a book? I don't think so. Even if they were, I doubt that such a thing could possibly standup, not that it would ever actually go to court. Ever.
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