It may sound like it's against the MDRA based on wording, but there is the Fair Use Clause that allows for the creation of an extra copy of a piece of mass media for the purpose of backing something up. IT departments do it all the time with software. They will take a new piece of software and burn an exact replica of it. Then they store away the original and use the copy as the installation piece of software. If it gets scratched, broken, etc., they still have the original to make another useable copy from.
It may sound like it's against the MDRA based on wording, but there is the Fair Use Clause that allows for the creation of an extra copy of a piece of mass media for the purpose of backing something up. IT departments do it all the time with software. They will take a new piece of software and burn an exact replica of it. Then they store away the original and use the copy as the installation piece of software. If it gets scratched, broken, etc., they still have the original to make another useable copy from.