copyright intellectual-property belgium
Is it legal to use digital copy if physical copy is broken/lost
<p>I make digital copies of CD/DVD/Vinyls I buy and use those copies myself (on my phone/tablet/laptop).
I am free to use those copies because I purchased the physical version.</p>

<p>If I lose or break the physical version am I still allowed to use the digital versions?</p>

<p><em>Links in French, sorry, I don't know Dutch/Flemish.</em></p>

<p>Yes, the law allowing you to make the copies in the first place doesn't require maintaining the source.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/loi_a1.pl?language=fr&amp;la=F&amp;cn=2013022819&amp;table_name=loi&amp;&amp;caller=list&amp;fromtab=loi&amp;tri=dd+AS+RANK#Art.XI.190" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Article XI.190</a> of the <em>Code de droit économique</em>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Lorsque l'oeuvre a été licitement divulguée, l'auteur ne peut interdire&nbsp;: [...] 9° la reproduction d'oeuvres, à l'exception des partitions musicales, effectuée dans le cercle de famille et réservée à celui-ci;</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Roughly translated,</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Once the work has been legally distributed, the author may not forbid: [...] 9. The reproduction of works, with the exception of sheet music, made within and reserved for the family circle.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>For more on private copy in Belgium, see <a href="https://economie.fgov.be/fr/themes/propriete-intellectuelle/droit-dauteur/utilisation-dune-oeuvre/copie-privee-et-reprographie" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this government resource</a>.</p>
