Originally posted here by nihil
In practice, no one will bother you for making a backup of either music or software, so long as you don't distribute it.
That's true but they are trying to make it technically impossible to do something which in many cases you do have a right to do.

DRM 'trusted'computing and all that..

I think that before deciding on manditory security measures that give companies more power over what you do with stuff your own, they should seek to atleast make some sensible rules..

There is a really large grey area, which is being taken over by companies jumping in the legal void with technical 'solutions'..