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Originally Posted by Arclight
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Originally Posted by Orion2012
Fair use is defined by the following in the United States Copyright Act. You would have a very hard time proving that a backup follows under its guidlines.
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True, but it depends on the court, really. Even going by those guidelines you can argue it is in fact fair use since the purpose is strictly for personal use, and that use is no different as it would be with the original. It is merely a backup in case the original is destroyed. |
I think you are both confusing fair usage law, which applies to copyrighted content which you have not purchased, with fair dealing, which applies to material that you have paid for in some way.
You have the right to produce a backup copy for personal use of a computer game that you have paid for. However, attempting to defeat any mechanism put in place to stop a copy being created is an offence.