Removing the DRM is a DMCA violation though, even if you have no intent to distribute. The doctrine of first sale was gutted for digital content because Congress is in the pocket of big companies.
When the Learning Disabilities Association complained that the DMCA prohibited people with disabilities from removing DRM to enable their products to work with assistive tools, no change was made to the law as it was deemed the law does not prohibit DRM removal in this case. The Entertainment Software Association stated [1]:
> In addition, DIYAbility’s initial comments do not provide sufficient information to know whether what it would like to do would actually violate Section 1201, rather than, for example, being permitted by Section 1201(f).
Here's a link to section 1201(f) of the Circumvention of copyright protection systems references reverse engineering [2].
> In addition, DIYAbility’s initial comments do not provide sufficient information to know whether what it would like to do would actually violate Section 1201, rather than, for example, being permitted by Section 1201(f).
Here's a link to section 1201(f) of the Circumvention of copyright protection systems references reverse engineering [2].
[1] https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=COLC-...
[2] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201