You all forget that it totally depends in which country you are
In the US you fall under the DMCA which prohibits any bypassing of a protection, downloading an image and using it can be intrepid as "bypassing" a protection (it does not matter if you own the software)... strictly seen you are allowed to use it (as they want you to use it) and anything else is/could be illegal!
In Europe there are already a few countries which have passed similar DMCA ruling (EUCD and such) which say the same as the DMCA. In some countries you are not allowed to make a backup of software (=games), not even for personal backup use, so downloading/using an image is/could be illegal...
There are so many different laws that in the end you are not allowed to do anything in most countries and it will get worse in the next few years.
So the worst country to be in now is the US, just look at the MPAA/RIAA sueing US citizens over filesharing
In the near future dealing drugs or even raping someone will give you a lower sentence than violating copyright laws
Big brother is watching you...
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