>> How do songs get from a CD to the net? It’s called “ripping” for a reason. Short for ripping-off, as in stealing.
Trasferring purchased CD music or DVD movies to your computer is entirely legal — “fair use” doctrine of copyright law. Distribution is illegal. Downloading that which you did not pay for is illegal. But “ripping” is entirely legal and legitimate.
I have personally “ripped” every CD and DVD I own onto my PC for use with my AppleTV (a badass little device, by the way). Some were easy. Some required decryption. But, so long as I don’t distribute, I’ve broken no copyright law.
SnakeDoc
If you broke the encryption, you violated the DMCA.