> That is, making copies of something you own for your own use so long as you aren't distributing methods of circumventing digital controls. Yes. Aside from th

> That is, making copies of something you own for your own use so long as you aren't distributing methods of circumventing digital controls. Yes. Aside from the terrible DMCA anti-circumvention rules, copyright is about redistribution, not literal copying. I can legally make copies of anything I legally own a copy of all day long. I just can't put those copies in the hands of anyone else (mostly -- I actually can, but I have to treat the original and all of the copies as an indivisible unit, so if I give, sell, or lend a copy to someone else, I have to include the original and all other copies with it).