You have the right to...

[Christopher]

... make copies of programs (or video disks) that you legally own as a backup - right? But let's say that you make a backup of your game/program and you scratch the CD or break it some how, and you go to using the backuo you made - if you need to proove that you bought it legally, how do you? Are you supposed to keep the broken useless disk and the package forever?

[is0lized]

just keep the case and such


and i think its legal if you dont distribute it

[xsnetwork]

yeah, you can legally keep backups of ANYTHING you have pruchased... as long as you don't sell it, you should be fine :)

[Daniel]

Keep the proof of purchase seal(bar code usually) and the receipt.

[Christopher]

Now how do you make backups? I have tried backing up vital disks for my system (like my drivers) and they always put some sort of seal against it and it says an "error."

I wouldn't mind backing up my games - I go to play Diablo 2 a couple of weeks ago (I wanted to play on the net - I was board) and it was scratched to hell...

[guitarnerd]

Originally posted by Christopher
Now how do you make backups? I have tried backing up vital disks for my system (like my drivers) and they always put some sort of seal against it and it says an "error."

I wouldn't mind backing up my games - I go to play Diablo 2 a couple of weeks ago (I wanted to play on the net - I was board) and it was scratched to hell...
I have found the best way to fix scratched discs is to... as carefully as possible clean the disc with something really soft and a little bit of "breathe fog" then try and burn it, for some reason it works, and you have a brand new disc.

And no it is not legal to copy certain things, there are copyrights now that restrict any form of duplication!

[Christopher]

Well in my example of Diablo 2, I think it is beyond fixing, it's not actually a scratch, it's almost in two pieces.