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Originally Posted by HarryT
but I've seem people here argue that you have a right to make a backup of a book that you've bought, and the RealDVD ruling appears to throw some doubt on whether such a right exists.
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The ReadDVD ruling does no such thing. You are simply wrong about that.
Furthermore, the people who argue that we have a right to make a backup of an ebook are correct. Backing up an electronic file is common sense. In fact, the sellers of ebooks make a point of saying that you can make a backup, as if it is something they are graciously allowing us to do. But there is no court anywhere (in the US) that will ever rule that backing up an ebook violates copyright.
Don't confuse this with the similar argument that the purchaser of an ebook can strip the DRM in order to fileshift. You don't have to strip DRM to backup.