Archival Is Not Piracy
Today, access to piracy is everywhere in computers. We can decrypt
a DVD to allow others to watch copies. We can rip music off a Music CD and sell
copies worth less than a penny each. We can let others intall our purchased
programs on multiple computers. Piracy can happen as easy as Copy and Paste.
Are these acts legal? No, but "fair use" laws say that as long as the copies are
for archival purposes only, it's legal. Now, if this is true, then why is one type of
archival penalized by court? Why is the act of archiving video game carts (also
called "cart dumpi…
