You're right on that - promoting copying is wrong, but as long as you say "backing up" it seems that no one cares, although essentially, you are still copying. Our representative when we ordered our new computer last summer couldn't tell us which programs to download to burn DVD "backups", but said to ask around, etc. I had several co-workers who pointed me in the right direction, and there are sooo many tutorials out there that cover burning DVDs. DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink are some of the best free "backup" tools out there.