Would it be illegal for me to torrent StarCraft: Brood War because my CD

[MreSacman]

is scratched beyond use? My disc is scratched all around the outer edge. I've tried manually extracting it, but I get stuck at somewhere past 90% before the data becomes unreadable.

In other words, I can't install the expansion pack anymore. A recent error caused me to have to reinstall StarCraft. I got the original down, but my Brood War CD doesn't work.

Would it be illegal to torrent Brood War as a result?

[PhillipA]

I believe that even though you already own a copy, it would still be illegal. You are allowed to have a single digital backup of a game, but you have to create the backup yourself - downloading it is breaking copyright law and probably intellectual property law and who knows what else.

You might want to try a disc "cleaner" - they buff out the top layer of a disc and will usually help with a good number of the scratches.

Or you could torrent it anyway, as it's highly unlikely that you'll get caught, but you'll still be breaking the law...

[Andy]

If you own the original copy is ok. But it doesn't even really matter because they're aren't really going to catch you or anything if you live in the US.

[Andy]

If you own the original copy is ok. But it doesn't even really matter because they're aren't really going to catch you or anything if you live in the US.

[GothicBug]

I'm not sure how you go about this but you should be able to have a replacement CD sent to you.
They will charge you for Shipping and Handling, I have never done it but heard about it.
You will have to contact them and give them the bad CD.

Here you go: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20666&parentCat egoryId&pageNumber=1&categoryId=2612