CaptainSeagull

actually copying any media is in fact illegal when it comes with the appropriate documentation that says so. DVD and even VHS movies give the warrning at the very begining that "For any reasons" it is illegal to copy the content. I think games have the information in the manuals that come with the software, and posiibly at the very end of the credits. and legally "for any reason" even refers to "backup" copies for your own use.

What makes what he did illegal was the COPYING, and NOT the owning of the machines. Its how "Head Shops" operate, they can sell bongs and crack-pipes, and rolling papers, and you can own them, but doing the drugs themselves is the illegal activity.