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That's interesting. I'm not sure on Portuguese law, but at least in the US it's completely legal to copy stuff you already own. The RIAA and MPAA claim it's not

That's interesting. I'm not sure on Portuguese law, but at least in the US it's completely legal to copy stuff you already own. The RIAA and MPAA claim it's not, but it is as long as you don't break the DRM that was originally included on the disc. So unless the law in Portugal doesn't include this fair-use clause, you're paying a tax on media to pay companies for something that is already completely legal. Again, I don't know Portuguese law, so it may be completely different.

Silhouette 10y ago
The US fair use laws are probably the most liberal anywhere in the world when it comes to excluding some acts from copyright protection (at least within those places where copyright is a serious legal proposition in the first place). I don't know anywhere else that uses generic, test-based standards rather than identifying specific acts to be excluded. This has been a long-standing point of contention, because whether the US's fair use regime fully complies with its international obligations under the major treaties is questionable.