Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

I completely back-you up on this one atrox. here's an example of needing a "fair use copy". i play a lot of games, additionally i enjoy the game tribes2. when i bought this game my CD was cracked from the center hole outwards. it worked for a bit but then stopped. I called the Distributor (Sierra) to have it replaced, they informed me that they must expire my CD key and issue me a new one, and charge me $10. Now, to inform you of just how lame this is, every user involved in Tribes2 is completely associated by their CD key (i.e. - stats, buddies, clans, everything). i lost all my credentials, my username and everything. it pissed me off.

So, hell yea, i should be able to burn back-ups of my CDs. Those asshats do not have the right to deny me what i have paid for. nor do they have the right to deny me my own "preventative maintenance" tactics.