UK gov legalises ripping CDs

[Jesus Jones]

This is fine, but I heard they plan to raise the price of digital devices in compensation. Not sure if this is hearsay?
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In an astonishingly forward thinking policy, the government has vowed to decriminalise the copying of CDs into digital formats.
Some 13 years after Napster popularised the use of digital music, turning much of the population into hardened criminals, the UK government has decreed that those transferring music between different devices will no longer be pilloried. Presumably taping some of the top 40 off the radio will be given the all-clear too.
In a review of intellectual property policy, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills has decided that it will drag its outdated legislation into the 21st century.
A statement read that the government would "permit people to copy digital content they have bought onto any medium or device that they own, but strictly for their own personal use such as transferring their music collection or eBooks to their tablet, phone or to a private cloud".


Read more: UK gov legalises ripping CDs - Drags policy into 21st century | TechEye

[Marmite the Dog]

Canada has had a tiny fee on media for years as a way to pay for lost revenues due to counterfeiting. The US will undoubtedly continue to lock up people for the heinous crime of copying stuff. I would think more guns would help.

[nigelandjan]

Ive often wondered about the legal angle if anyone buys a secondhand Mac stuffed with a huge legit library of albums and the previous owner hasnt disabled the account ( as you are allowed 4 devices on any account )