I know I could download ebooks from Amazon and just remove their DRM, but I think it's better to vote with my wallet.
After all, they sell the Kindle at cost and rely on you buying books from them to make any profit. So don't buy their books and maybe they'll learn..
Until they offer a cast-iron, legally-binding guarantee that any ebook I buy from them cannot be taken away from me, they don't get my money.
If I buy a book, it's my book: If the bookshop I bought it from takes it back, then that's theft.
As far as I'm concerned, the same holds true for ebooks. I buy it, it's mine. Period. Until Amazon agrees with me, I don't buy their ebooks. It's that simple.
Also, isn't stripping DRM from Amazon ebooks against the TOS? Potentially exposing him/her to some legal trouble?
Link: http://shop.oreilly.com/category/customer-service/dropbox.do
As others have said, breaking the DRM for personal uses (backups, changing devices) should be perfectly legal in the US and probably most of Europe as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-the-Brain-ebook...
"Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits"
means that it has DRM.
You can also watch one of their pages/blogs (it used to have an RSS feed, too, IIRC) for frequent sales, if you are looking for discounted prices.
More to the point - why would you?? Going via Amazon is just adding one extra step to a transaction. Buy direct.