> (i.e. in many countries making a backup of a physical medium is
> 100% legal, yet blocked by DRM, meaning to backup you have to
> circumvent the DRM, which most consider pirate behaviour

Apple kills iTunes DRM

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10550774

....Apple gave the record labels that flexibility on pricing as it got them
to agree to sell all songs free of "digital rights management," or DRM,
technology that limits people's ability to copy songs or move them to
multiple computers. Apple had been offering a limited selection of songs
without DRM, but by the end of this quarter, the company said, all
10 million songs in its library will be available that way

> Copying your own DVD for backup purposes is technically pirate
> behaviour according to most

It's illegal in NZ, so is format-shifting. I have no issues at all with making
a "working" copy of eg PC software and putting the original on the shelf.
Or converting my bought music to mp3 for a portable player

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