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June 16, 2016 7:39 pm at 7:39 pm
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I’m almost sure not.
Someone who repairs computers must at time erase the entire drive and reload the programs one by one. What happens when the customer did not legally purchase these programs. Is it permissible to restore what the customer had originally?
Rav Elyashiv: It is absolutely forbidden and even if he will lose his customers he must search for a new manner in which to make a living.
Also, U.S. copyright law (probably most other countries as well) prohibit copying, even for personal use (except for fair use exceptions, which does not allow copying what you didn’t buy).