Legal back ups?

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Master_Magus

Discussion Starter · Jun 5, 2005

I've been thinking about this for a while and i'm not sure of the legality. If I have purchased a game and I make a back up, and then the actual game is destoyed is it legal to still have the back up? I ask because I live in FL and as some of you may remember we had several hurricanes come through last year...my house was flooded by IVAN and I lost a lot. However, I managed to take my computer harddrives with me when I evacuated. On the harddrives I have backups of the games that I no longer have hard copies of...does any know if it is it legal to have the copies?

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bobide

· #2 · Jun 5, 2005

i'm pretty sure it's legal b/c they are for personal use only......of course congress is trying to screw us out of that.

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Excalibur

· #3 · Jun 5, 2005

i dunno.i think it's legal.

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Cid Highwind

· #4 · Jun 5, 2005

I think the real problem comes into play when you actually need to proof they are legal because you once owned the legit copies.

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Kane

· #5 · Jun 5, 2005

When you sell a game, you also sell the rights to play it. If you merely mislaid your copy, it's different.

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Master_Magus

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jun 5, 2005

Does it matter that any proof I had to show that I did in fact own the game has been destroyed?

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Mr. Killjoy

· #7 · Jun 5, 2005

Tell them to look for proofs in the area where you got the Hurricane

Why bother? Just keep your copy, don't sell it and you'll be fine

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Cid Highwind

· #8 · Jun 5, 2005

lol, well I would've burned them already as well

But that doesn't answer the question of it being legal or not

I hope that you are 'not guilty' unless proven guilty, instead of the other way around

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bobide

· #9 · Jun 5, 2005

why worry? Got something to confess :nono:

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