In the US, it is probably[^1] illegal under the DMCA, however, exceptions to that law are determined every ?2? years by the library of congress. https://www.la

In the US, it is probably[^1] illegal under the DMCA, however, exceptions to that law are determined every ?2? years by the library of congress. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/victory-users-librarian-congress-renews-and-expands-protections-fair-uses https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/victory-users-libraria... > The exemptions we requested—ripping DVDs and Blurays for making fair use remixes and analysis; preserving video games and running multiplayer servers after publishers have abandoned them; jailbreaking cell phones, tablets, and other portable computing devices to run third party software; and security research and modification and repairs on cars—have each been accepted, subject to some important caveats. [^1]: I am not a lawyer.