[dmaul1114]

It all depends on what you do with the copy.

If you own a book, and want to make a copy, or strip DRM (if it's an e-book), to put a paper copy in the office or put the e-book on different reading machines you own, I think that should be legal.

If you're borrowing a book and making a photo copy rather than buying that's wrong. If you're stripping DRM from a friends e-book to get it on your device, that's wrong.

If you copy/scan a book and distribute the scans to others, it's wrong. If you strip DRM and put the book on a torrent site, or give it to friends etc., that's wrong.

Basically anything that involves you getting a copy of a book that's for sale (not public domain in your country) or giving away copies (other than the main copy, which means you no longer have a copy) is wrong IMO.

Acquiring or distributing a non-public domain e-book without paying for it is no different that acquiring or distributing a copy of a physical book you didn't pay for.

If you want to make a copy of a book you bought for personal use, or strip DRM to get it on other devices you own, that's fine. Just don't get copies of stuff you own, or make copies for friends--but you should be able to give them your only copy when your done with it IMO--which is a flaw of DRM.