Why is it "illegal" to backup my games?

[Soleron]

ssj12 said:

Soleron said:

It's not illegal, unless you circumvent DRM to do it and live in the US, in which case it violates the DMCA. But that's a stupid law, thankfully confined to the US for now, and really should be repealed.

They are making it worse, they are trying to pass a law that if you watch an illegal video on youtube you can be thrown in jail and fined for copyright infringement.

Well it should actually be illegal, same as if you torrented and watched the content.The penalties are far too harsh however; they should be some low multiple of the price and should remain a civil case, not a criminal one.

I'm saying DRM circumvention alone shouldn't be illegal; using that to view content illegally should be.

@twesterm

License agreements on software have very rarely been tested in court. It's not clear that they are a binding legal contract on the purchaser. In cases where the terms restrict copying for personal use, they're probably unreasonable and might be overturned in court if it got there.