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hi all , i have read on this site that making back-up copies of games is iligal is this true, its just that i have found this "WWW.One-Stop-Wii-Back-Up.Co.uk Only Provides A Service To Make A Legal Backup Copy To Those Users Who Do Not Have The Ability To Make The Back-Up Copy Themselves, By Using Us And The Service Of Which We Provided, You The Customer Are Stating That You Own A Legal Retail Copy Of The Media In Question And That If You Cease To Own The Retail Copy You Agree To Immediately Destroy And Discard The Back-Up Copy, At One-Stop-Wii-Back-Up We Do Neither Upload Or Download Games For The Purpose Of Distribution Or Software Piracy, All The Games Have Been Brought And Paid For, For More Information On The Copyright Designs Patents Act 1988 Click Here Or Back-Up Copies Legislation Click Here"
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
(1)It is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a computer program to make any back up copy of it which it is necessary for him to have for the purposes of his lawful use..
(2)For the purposes of this section and sections 50B [F2, 50BA] and 50C a person is a lawful user of a computer program if (whether under a licence to do any acts restricted by the copyright in the program or otherwise), he has a right to use the program..
(3)Where an act is permitted under this section, it is irrelevant whether or not there exists any term or condition in an agreement which purports to prohibit or restrict the act (such terms being, by virtue of section 296A, void).].
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i would be interested to know anyones thoughts on this site and many others on the internet.
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