Is it legal to make your own copies (backups) of legally acquired DVD movies?

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The law forbids you from reproducing DVDs for commercial purposes, no law forbids you from reproducing your material for personal use, i/e you can listen to the same music in your ipod and your pc.

You do not have to have the original on hand, that is precisely the purpose of reproducing it. The law does not specify what you can do, it only specifies what you can NOT do. In our system of law, only that which has been explicitly forbidden by law is illegal, everything else is legal.
 
If it is, then I have an interesting scenario: What if you made copies of your own DVDs and then the originals are stolen, say, out of your car. Is it still legal to possess the copies since you no longer have proof you had the originals? Or do you have to have the originals in order to have backups? In other words, does the burden of proof you owned the originals fall on you or, if you're caught with them, will your word be taken? That's assuming the answer to the original question I posted is yes.

As long as you make a copy of your legally acquired DVD, I don't see what the problem is, and I think your word should be taken if you owned the original and it became missing. As long as you use it for personal use and don't try to make money off of it.

What does the law say about this?

If there are any particular scenarios of this happening, please site your sources if you can. If you know exactly what the law says, please site that too.
 
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