Actually I'll go you one better, though this touches on the borderland of legality.
In the US there is something called the digital copyright act which allows you to make a copy of any piece of software you own for backup purposes (in the event that the original gets damaged).
I once knew a guy who went into business under the following pretences (and remained in business for quite a few years). The idea is as follows:
pretense 1: Since you don't have a cd burner I will make a backup of your software for a small fee (usually $25 per disk).
pretense 2: What, you can't find your original disk to make a copy from? Never mind, I'll use my original disk to make a copy for you. Just as long as you really do own the software or promise to buy it shortly after trying it out.
Suprisingly there was only one company who gave him any trouble at all (who I won't name, but without then we would not be able to post our files in PDF format).
It is actually this model and logic that allows products like clondCD or easy DVD creator to stay in business.  |