soft copy 

A computer based file version of a document that can either be viewed or emailed. The computer copy of printed document.

Bill forwarded me an email containing a soft copy of the report.

soft copy by Andrew H. October 24, 2003

soft copy 

an electronic document

Bob Cc'ed me a soft copy of the documents.

soft copy by Tom Pitre October 24, 2003

soft copy 

obtain a copy of a document in electronic (not printed) form.

Hey man can I get a soft copy of that 600K PDF file ??

soft copy by gavsdavs October 26, 2003

soft copy 

a soft copy of an album is a downloaded one, as opposed to a bought, physical copy.

andy: hey, have you checked out radioheads new album?

rod: yeah i got myself a soft copy of it the other day, it's sick

andy: rad.

soft copy by elleckz January 3, 2011