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Originally Posted by doctorow
This discussion is very amusing. Some argue that it is illegal to circumvent DRM just as it is illegal to speed or it is illegal to have sex with a child. It's illegal because it says so in the law.
Fine. We all know what happens when you get caught speeding. We also know what happens when you get caught having sex with a child. Can anyone please tell me what happens when you get caught stripping DRM from an e-book for your own use? All these people who cry foul at the mere idea of breaking the law, please help me shed some light on what will happen to me if I get caught stripping DRM.
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Nothing. They're not looking for you, the end user. They're looking for the people supplying the means and the people sharing the copyrighted content illegally. If you're using these tools for your own personal use and the e-books stripped of DRM are never copied beyond your possession, you have nothing to worry about for now. Government has a good reputation for extending its power, though, and bad laws like this allow it too. Keep cracking DRM and keep flighting to get poor laws like these out of the books. That's just my 2 cents.