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by WorldMaker 2 hours ago
The US Library of Congress is given a Special Exemption in the DMCA [1] and so far the Library has been using it to grant a Backup Exemption that format shifting is legal for backups. Due to the nature of this exemption it has to be debated and reviewed every 3 years, so it's in a weird legal status if it "will always" be around.

[1] (a)1(C) here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201