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pdurrant · 01-03-2021, 03:14 AM

Perhaps some references would be useful to the discussion of what is or is not legal.

In the USA, the relevant legislation is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
In Canada, it's the amended Copyright Act of 1985
In the UK it's the amended Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
In the EU it's the relevant national government implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001.

In all these cases, circumvention of technological measures for personal use is a civil infringement, with many exceptions. The copyright holder would need to take the infringer to court, and show that none of the many exceptions applied, and (I think) that there were actual damages.

Ethically, I see nothing wrong in removing DRM for personal use.

01-03-2021, 03:14 AM	#73
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Perhaps some references would be useful to the discussion of what is or is not legal. In the USA, the relevant legislation is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act In Canada, it's the amended Copyright Act of 1985 In the UK it's the amended Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 In the EU it's the relevant national government implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001. In all these cases, circumvention of technological measures for personal use is a civil infringement, with many exceptions. The copyright holder would need to take the infringer to court, and show that none of the many exceptions applied, and (I think) that there were actual damages. Ethically, I see nothing wrong in removing DRM for personal use.