@bean
You're not breaking the law by copying Diablo, yet. If the game had technology on it, to protect it from copying, then you would break the law.
Strickly speaking, you can copy any game you own, providing you duplicate the copy protection tech' as well. This must still be functional on the backup version too. However, to place such technology on a disc is a breach of your rights...
According to section 50(A) of the 1988 Copyright, Designs & Patents Act, legal purchasers of games are explicitly permitted to make backup copies of their games. This rule is applied specificly to games, and not DVD movies or music CD's. The new section of the law (296Z - section 296) states that it is now illegal to curcumvent copy proection technology of any kind.
Here's the problem:
If a publisher uses CP on their games, they are breaking the law also. It is illegal for anyone to deprive a customer of a right explicitly granted by the law. If you exercise your right to a backup, you are also breaking the law. There is no way for these new laws to co-exist, because a different section of the law is being broken by the publshers, forcing you to break section 296Z of the law. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
All this info is valid in the UK
