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Originally Posted by Davimee
First of all, is it legal to remove DRM for my own use? There is a book I'm interested in that is only available in ereader, but it is a DRM book, and from what I've seen I can't read ereader DRM on the Astak Pocket Pro. I don't have the ereader yet, but I am looking into buying it next month some time. If I were to buy the book in ereader, is there an easy way to convert it to epub if it is DRM protected? I don't want to do it if there is a question as to the legality, although I will only be using it for myself, and not distributing the book to anyone. And if I did convert it to epub, would that change the format, or the functionality of the book?
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So far as I know, there has never been a legal case anywhere in the world concerning removing DRM from an ebook for personal non-commercial use. In the US, it is likely that this is legal (a fair use) but it is virtually certain that the question will never be settled in court because why would a copyright owner sue one of their paying customers for an act that hurts no one.
In the case of eReader DRM, you would remove it using ereader2html.py and then convert to ePub using Calibre. The format shifting from eReader to ePub obviously changes the ebook to some extent, but ePub is a richer format that eReader and so your reading experience should be almost identical.