[k2r]

IANAL, but in Germany the situation is like this:

It is illegal to download a pdf-book to read on your iliad if the author (directly or indirectly) does not allow you to do so.
It is still illegal to "buy" a drm-encumbered lit-book and convert it to pdf to read on your iliad if the author (directly or indirectly) does not allow you to do so.

So: Which illegal option do you choose? The one where they take your money but still threaten to sue you or the one where they just threaten to sue you?

#!chris

(of course you could still buy a book, take it apart, scan it and throw the physical book away. Might be an interesting business model, you buy your book at my store and I'll scan it and give you the pdf (and maybe the physical book, too) I have to do the numbers on that and ask a lawyer :-) )