Emulation Question

[Maleous]

I really didn't know where to put this but I have a question.
I own a copy of Megaman Legends 2, and I recently dug up the old PS1 to play it, but it wouldn't run on it, the disk had scratches on it. I know you can make ISO files to play on your computer, but I can't make one of it b/c of the scratches. I can read the files on my computer, but when I try to make an ISO it fails.
Question: Is it legal for someone else to give me the ISO because I own a copy of the game?

 

[Maleous]

Nvm, I just realized, I asked about backing up games, and that isn't alowed, so just lock it...

 

[Agozer]

Question: Is it legal for someone else to give me the ISO because I own a copy of the game?

No. You are entitled to a backup copy (or a backup image, either way) that you ripped yourself from the medium you own.

 

[Maleous]

Ok, thanks.

 

[tye stik]

Yeah, where the 'backup' vs 'rip' line blur is with movies... I think its ilegal now to make copies of DVD's, even if you own it.

... Or can you still 'backup dvds legally?

 

[Toasty]

Backing up DVDs is still protected by fair use (in the US), however the ill-conceived DMCA (and similar laws outside the US) forbids you from circumventing the encryption algorithms used on most commercial DVDs. And you must decrypt a dual-layer DVD (which means most commercial DVDs) in order to shrink it to fit on a single-layer disc, which is the media most people use since blank dual-layer DVDs still are rather expensive. Technically, you can still legally archive dual-layer to dual-layer though, since the encryption is preserved on the copied disc and is never circumvented. Isn't the entertainment industry annoying?

 

[Miretank]

They want us to see how annoying it'll be if we'd follow their rules.

 

[NES_player4LIFE]

aww, yes but that's were the fun comes in ;p