Wait... don't most printers have a secrete code of yellow dots that embeds the serial number/time/other stuff on each printed page?

It's a trap?!?

Well, lets see...

CD burners: only pirates use those to make copies of disks

DVR: makes illegal copies of shows

MP3/4 players: plays copies that are likely illegal

blank media: odds are it is going to be used to make illegal copies

mass storage: who needs over a few MEG, any more and you must be using it to store illegal music/movies/software

printer: you could print out books cutting out the publisher

computers: used to copy music/movies/software and share them

email/mail/pigeons with flash drives: used to send illegal copies

When it comes right down to it the only way to stop anything from "assist[ing] copyright infringement" is to ban all energy, without movement data cannot be transferred hence no copies! Now how much energy will it take to cool Brazil down to absolute zero?

I think someone tried the latter approach already and it didn't end up helping her much

Exactly but I would also assume the best case high value target is a grain elevator for the local co-op or is Virgin larger than I think.

Still when has anyone successfully robbed a gun store?

All you have to do is make the back wheels bigger than the front and you are always going down hill. This should improve mileage by quite a bit but be careful, if the size ratio gets too big it is almost impossible to stop.

Those Pirate Bay files are definitely pure clean virus free joy but that "ubuntu.com" one looks kinda suspicious I think it might be a scam site. Does M$ know about that? They should really have their legal department look into it before a school teacher has to take more time away from teaching to confiscate burned CDs.

I tried to use the library at my school (Nebraska - Omaha) and after discovering most of the books are from the 60s and 70s it turns out over half are falling apart and the other half have disintegrated long ago. It was kinda sad but then again the stuff I was looking for was all about analog power supplies and while I can imagine that the digital stuff is in better shape that is still no excuse for having unusable books. Wiki pages and Google searches also beat out the new bajillion dollar search engine the library set up a few years ago but then again the school doesn't really subscribe to much technology oriented stuff so its kinda like looking for goldfish in the ocean.

So far several of the strategies revolve around the premise that you still need to keep your data safe if your computer, in-house server, house and neighborhood all blow up. Now given this situation, one of two events has happened:
A) World War III
B) Our Alien Overlords are displeased

Now assuming one of the above did occur, having backups, even for a super secrete important business file is going to be moot. The only secure way to store an archive or backup is to take it out of phase with reality such that it is no longer subjected to the dangers of time and space or other things out of phase with reality. This being said, there are some ways to increase the survivability of your data.

First, keep at least one on site copy as far away from danger as possible. Dig a nice big hole in your back yard. Build an air/water tight lead lined box with several hard disks and perhaps a few flash drives and a stripped down computer capable of accessing the media and place the whole thing in said hole. Next run some piping underground from the box to your house or business and through the basement wall. Make sure to have some string already through the pipe to do wire runs or just do the Ethernet and power cables as you go. If the cable is less than the maximum transmission length (300 feet I think) then you are all set. If you really want your data to survive your house being bombed then multiple boxes could be used to extend the distance away from your house along with some form of wireless communication (very low power directed signal to prevent hacking or discovery) to prevent any of the pressure waves resulting from the explosion from destroying your data at the other end of the pipe.

This plan does have a few drawbacks as you are basically hiding in plain site. First digging the hole and pipe trench can be a major pain as would retrieval every few years to replace parts. Second, there is no fast way for retrieval if that data or power connection is damaged. Finally, heat dissipation could be problematic depending on the design of the case. The ground temperature usually stays fairly constant (if you go down far enough) so testing during spring/summer won't mean things will freeze during winter.

Off-site backup has already been explored to death with the main conclusion being that it is necessary. Obviously there is only so much you can do to protect your data especially with regards to cost. You really just have to decide how important your data is, how much it would cost you if it was lost and if that amount of money can build a decent backup strategy.