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Subject: Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 20:04:05 09/21/02

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On September 21, 2002 at 21:13:37, Rick Terry wrote:

>I am a Registered owner of Chessmaster 9000, I would like to make a backup copy
>for personal use, is this legal? If so can someone send me a email on which
>program to use to copy this CD? I am currently using easy CD Creator 5 Platonium
>but it fails to copy a installable CD. Help please!

This is a very sticky situation. You DO have a legal right to make a backup
copy. Conversely, the program publishers have a right to (attempt to) prevent
piracy, and this is usually done by adding copy protection to the CDs.

This fight is well over 10 years old, and I don't expect it will ever truly end.

Anybody remember some games that were put on floppies that had actual physical
deformities (bad sectors, or even pinpoint holes!) built into the floppies so
they could not be copied?

jm

• Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy? Albert Silver 06:35:30 09/22/02
  • Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy? Paul 07:08:00 09/22/02
• Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy? David Rasmussen 04:26:41 09/22/02
• Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy? Alastair Scott 02:20:58 09/22/02
• Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy? Russell Reagan 20:46:16 09/21/02
  • Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy? Vincent Lejeune 03:48:26 09/22/02
  • Re: Do I have a Right to a Backup Copy? Roger D Davis 00:41:18 09/22/02

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