[ottischwenk]

I'm beginning to see the misunderstanding.

I rarely read books with existing copyright, which is obviously assumed here - I have no idea why; and when I do, there are lending libraries, free copies, and also stores where I buy.

My paper library consists mainly of works before and the first half of the last century - so hardly any of these books have copyright protection.

So if I look on pirate sites and find a copy of it, and download it, then this action has nothing at all to do with any copyright infringement.

DRM removal, however, is theft in my eyes - and to avoid that, I use devices that don't require it.