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Originally Posted by Patitapetit
In the UE crack DRM and do a copy is illegal. Only can make a Personal copy if the book is sold without DRM.
So you are doing illegal crack of DRM but are in shock If other people do other kind of illegal things.
If you want to be 100% honest with publishers don't crack DRM.
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There is a difference between civil and criminal offenses. It also matters if the offense is victimless or not. If you make an illegal copy of a book you already paid full price for the license, for your own personal use, then you are not hurting anybody financially (victimless). If you borrow a book through KU and circumvent Amazon's intended tracking, then you literally steal money that was supposed to go to your author. That some other author gets the money instead doesn't make up for it. Playing Robin Hood never works out morally or even in concept.