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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I do not believe it is illegal* to remove DRM from a product that one has legally obtained in either the USA or the UK. Would you care to give a reference to either a USA or UK law that you believe states that it is?
Although even if it were illegal* to remove DRM from a product that one has legally obtained, in my opinion it is not immoral.
It is illegal** in the UK to take a music CD that one owns and copy the data representing the music onto a computer. But I don't think that that is immoral either.
* criminally illegal - i.e. a crime for which the government could prosecute you.
** civilly illegal - i.e. a deed for which the copyright holder could bring a civil case against you
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The DMCA makes it illegal here in the US. The really big question is whether Fair Use applies to make an exception for ebooks and personal use.