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Originally Posted by doctorow
Can anyone please tell me what happens when you get caught stripping DRM from an e-book for your own use?
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In the UK, absolutely nothing, because it's only a civil offence, and you'd need to be personally sued by the copyright holder - it's not something which would interest the police, unless you were duplicating copyrighted material for commercial gain.
In the US, however, they have this rather strange "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" law, which (probably) makes such things a
criminal offence. I say "probably" because the law is such a mess that, as far as I know, nobody's ever been prosecuted for it, so although people offer more or less "learned opinions" on the matter, nobody actually knows until a court gives an opinion and hence sets a precident.
Clear?
Yes, you're right, it is all rather amusing, isn't it?
