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Originally Posted by djrx
I agree. Removing any DRM, regardless of the reason, is a type of piracy. Whether you buy a paperback and scan it, buy an ebook to remove the DRM so you can use it on another platform, or remove DRM from KU to keep "forever", etc., in the eyes of the law, you're committing piracy.
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Let's say you make a single copy of a piece of media for yourself (an ebook, a DVD, a video game, a VHS tape, a CD, a vinyl album, whatever).
Is that technically illegal? Perhaps. But in the history of the world, no person has every been sued or criminal charged for making a single copy for personal use. It's never happened. Never.
In practice, the only people who are sued or prosecuted are those who produce and distribute mass copies of media.