Thread: is this legal?
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Old 11-23-2011, 02:15 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Absolutely. It's illegal in the UK, for example.
Not according to this:

http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/co..._copyright_law

Though I have no first hand knowlege of the accuracy of this web page.]

Edit: perhaps I should have read more carefully. The backup provision is specified as being for comptuer programs only. Has someone already determined that it doesn't apply to anything else digital that can be backed up?

Edit: And finally, this message was completely wrong. UK's Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 forbids this practice. Sorry. You guys are just screwed
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