Can I Get In Trouble If I Backup Wii Games?

Before deciding to copy or backup wii games, I suggest you ask yourself this question. Is it in fact legal to backup wii games?

Backing up your own games that you bought with your hard-earned money should be perfectly fine, right?

But then the other side of the issue states that people can easily abuse this privilege by copying and distributing pirated games.

The internet is a prime example of the abuse of this privilege.

For the honest gamers who simply want a backup in case of accidental damage, this is very unfortunate. You shouldn't have to pay for the same game more than once.

With games getting more and more expensive everyday, it is not cheap to buy a game more than once.

The Fair Use Act and the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 come to our rescue to answer this question.

The act basically describes that it is perfectly legal to copy or backup a game if you own it.

It is made clear though that you must be the current owner of the game and will not distribute it for profit or otherwise.

Although the name is called the "Audio Home Recording Act of 1992", it can be applied to any sort of digital recording, including but not limited to movies, music, software and games.

The same act also states however that the companies creating these games can apply all sorts of copy-protection methods to prevent people from copying or backing up their games.

In other words, they can make it a living nightmare for you to back up that precious wii game.

If you can somehow manage to break though this copy protection barrier, you can get into no legal hot water.

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