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Originally Posted by stustaff
That is illegal where i live!
I can also strip DRM from ebooks very simply so if your saying CD's are fine because I could illegally take the music from them how can you hold exactly the same thing against DRM ebooks?
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It is not illegal in the USA, because CD's do not have copy protection. What makes stripping DRM illegal in the USA is the DMCA which prohibits circumvention of copy protection measures. Again, CDs do not have DRM. So long as your copy is only for personal use, it's covered, and that has been tested in court. So if you live somewhere not in the USA, I can't speak to your laws. However, I wouldn't be surprised if you think it's illegal and it's not really. Many people would be led to believe it's illegal to rip a CD for your music collection in the US by the RIAA when it's definitely not.