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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Unfrotuantely, you are completely wrong.
Providing DRM removal software or using DRM removal software in the US* is a civil offence, so the copyright holder would have to sue you.
If the DRM removal software is provided or used "willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain" then it's a criminal offence, and convicted offenders "shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first offense".
*Except for certain limited exceptions granted by the Librarian of Congress.
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We have many grey areas in the US. One of the biggest is when BOTH Tor and John Scalzi posted a link tot he DRM removal tools and advocated their use when you had eBook sites not properly selling
Redshirts without DRM. This was authorized by all the rights holders of the eBook.