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Originally Posted by A Lurker
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.
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It is not illegal to decrypt a piece of media and make a copy for personal archival purposes. It is illegal to distribute or share that copy.