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Well, this discussion is off topic, and it deserves a thread of it's own - but I must stress the issue in not as clear as it may seem.
The thing is: most of the laws forbids DRM removal as a way of duplicating digital content.
Now, what about DRM removal por personal use only (removing it to be able to use the file in a diferent device).
Another thing: as far as I can see, there will be, in MOST cases and at least in continental Europe, conflict of laws regarding the issue: one might say you can't remove DRM (let's now forget the context); many others (some even constitutional laws) will surely say you should be able to fully use and transform the things you own as long as you are not breaching someone else's rights...
It is a complex and tecnical issue and I am not, at this point, confortable to discuss it because I would like first to study something more about it.
But I will say this much: I can see very solid legal arguments being build for defending someone acused of removing DRM por personal use (not that this kind of case willl EVER reach a court... For many, many reasons).
Oh, and for the record: I have NEVER removed any DRM. But I can truly see the (legal) case for defending it...
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