Daemon Tools 4

[DABhand]

Originally Posted by hyakkii

U.S. Copyright laws allow you to make one backup copy of software you own. However, that backup copy is "tied" to your original. If you sell or give away your original software, you must destroy your backup copy or package it with the orignal when you sell or give it away. Likewise, you may not sell or give away your backup copy without the original.
Of course, with the advent of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), breaking the copyright protection on a piece of software you own has been made a crime in many cases, so if the software you are backing up implements copyright protection, it may also be illegal.

also the law US Code collection :P http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/h...7----000-.html

but again these are us laws im sure it varies greatly country to country

it says no where you need the software creators permission to make a archival backup it might differ if it was in the eula. but almost every game's eula would never hold up in court

It doesnt say that, it says you can make a backup if you have a contract to do so, just buying a game doesnt give you this contract, if stated in the EULA or in other print that the publisher allows you to backup the software then its fine, if they do not give you any permission you cannot.