Respectfully, your understanding of copyright law is wrong almost everywhere, because the kinds of provisions that are relevant here are covered by internationa

Respectfully, your understanding of copyright law is wrong almost everywhere, because the kinds of provisions that are relevant here are covered by international agreements to which almost all first world countries are signatories. There are some jurisdictions that do have special private use provisions in their copyright laws that apply under some circumstances, which is probably the closest you'd find to what you're describing. If you're in one of those places then for you the situation might be different. However, even those often have significant strings attached, not least because they obviously undermine any alternative business models based on offering temporary access in return for a lower price. As a case in point, the UK tried to add a much more limited set of personal use provisions to its copyright law not so long ago, after many years of reviews and consultations. They lasted just a few months before getting struck down at EU level because of those international agreements, and the government backed down rather than pick a fight.