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Subject: Re: Copying Disks for backup purposes

Author: Robert Ericsson

Date: 05:36:44 04/21/99

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On April 21, 1999 at 08:00:18, Harald Faber wrote:

>On April 21, 1999 at 06:58:25, Robert Ericsson wrote:
>
>>>I don't know about Todd Sloan, but I copy my original CDs.  It's too much of a
>>>pain if they get scratched to send them back and get new ones.
>>>
>>>But I don't have Fritz 5 :)
>>>
>>>Dave Gomboc
>>
>>Well, I don't know what ChessBase thinks of you taking backup of a commercial
>>CD, but why should they sent you a new CD if you have scratched it?
>
>Right, it is your own fault and bad luck if you loose this $250-program because
>of an unlucky accident when all this trouble could have been avoided by just
>making a backup...
>Come on, this can't be true.
>
>>If they do,
>>and that's of course their problem, you will have to send the old one. Right?
>
>Sure, and you have the trouble and to BEG for a new one.
>
>>Robert

I guess it will be...

But hey, I won't make a backup of my CDs but instead backup my hard disk.
If you choose otherwise it's your choice, of course.

Maybe it's okey to take backup of software CDs for personal backup? I'm not
sure what the law says? Do you know!?

Robert



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