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Originally Posted by pdurrant
N.B. circumventing DRM is only a criminal act if done "willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain".
So removing DRM from your own purchased ebooks is not a criminal offence, unless the publisher also sells a DRM-free version of the ebook at a higher price, at least in the US.
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The issue is somewhat nebulous since it hasn't been through the courts. I rather doubt that it will ever be taken to court. I point out that certain companies do sell programs to remove DRM and have been for years. IMPO, the major reason these companies haven't been taken to court is that it's not really in anyone's interest to remove this bypass to DRM.