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If you own or have owned something which you have purchased in an agreeable transaction, it is legal to download off the internet as it does not classify as stealing due to the fact you own it.

Let's say, for example I have Final Fantasy VIII, which is a PS1 game. I got it years ago when it was on the PS1. My disc became so badly scratched it became unplayable, so I torrented the game and finished it off (took me 7 years xD). It is legal to download something which you own or have purchased.

I tried to google if this is legal, but everyone says something different. One says, that the download of copyrighted material is not legal, the other says it's a gray area and the other says you are allowed to create a backup copy. If I had a bluray player in my pc, I wouldn't have that problem, because I could simply rip that bluray (mh.. is this legal, because you avoid the copy protection?) Maaan... buying original stuff is complicated