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It's not even grey - in the US it is illegal under the DMCA.
I'm not up to date on ripping tools, though.
I know that in the EU, if you buy a video game and it runs poorly or not at all because of the DRM put in place by the publisher, you are allowed to use a crack. Dunno if it's the same for a movie tho.
US allows you to have a personal backup copy.
The DMCA supersedes that - it's still a crime to bypass copy protection mechanisms, and there are very few exceptions to that rule.