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This has all been discussed a million times already, Chris. If you are happy doing what you do, that's fine, but don't kid yourself that it's legal. Saying "I don't recognise DRM as being legal" is not going to help you if you end up in court charged with copyright infringement, as at least one member of this board has been.
The contents of a book are not "your" property; they are the author's property. Whether you buy a paper book or an eBook the situation is the same - you are being granted a rather limited licence to use those contents in specific ways. You "own" the book (the paper, ink, glue, etc), not the contents. Yes, you have a slightly different set of rights with an eBook compared with a paper book due to the nature of the medium - you probably won't be able to give away or re-sell the eBook as you can the paper book.
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