If you own a retail Tiger DVD physically, creating a personal .dmg backup is unequivocally legal. Do not torrent or share the file publicly.
This is a copy of Mac OS X 10.4.6 Tiger, not a model‑specific restore disc. Retail discs are universal for any supported PowerPC Mac and do not require an original Apple hardware serial check beyond basic Mac compatibility. Tiger was a landmark release, introducing Spotlight, Dashboard, Automator, QuickTime 7, and a unified Finder. MAC OS X 10.4.6 Tiger -Retail DVD-.dmg
never an official retail "boxed" version for Intel client Macs If you own a retail Tiger DVD physically,