• UK to legalize private copying of CDs
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[QUOTE](Reuters) - Britain will signal on Wednesday that it intends to legalize copying of CDs or DVDs onto digital music players or computers for personal use, a government source said on Tuesday. The move was one of the recommendations made in a review of Britain's intellectual property framework carried out by Professor Ian Hargreaves earlier this year at the request of Prime Minister David Cameron. Business Secretary Vince Cable will announce on Wednesday the government's response to Hargreaves' report. Hargreaves, professor of digital [URL="http://www.reuters.com/finance/economy"]economy[/URL] at Cardiff School of Journalism, found that Britain's 300-year-old copyright laws were obstructing innovation and growth and said a shake-up could add nearly 8 billion pounds ($13 billion) to the economy. Cable will signal the government will agree to Hargreaves' recommendation to legalize private copying or "format shifting" of legitimately-purchased copyright works, the source said. The practice has already been legalized in European countries except for Britain, [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/02/places/ireland"]Ireland[/URL] and Malta. The change will mean a consumer may copy a CD they have bought onto another device such as their iPod or home computer. It will not allow people to share content over the internet without copyright owners' permission, such as on file-sharing sites. The government will also agree to another Hargreaves' recommendation to introduce an exception to copyright for parody, the source said. This will make it legal for comedians to parody someone else's work without seeking permission from the copyright holder. The government has not yet indicated what stance it will take on another Hargreaves' recommendation -- the introduction of a central digital copyright exchange where licenses in copyright could be bought and sold, helping simplify the way businesses purchase rights to material.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/02/us-britain-copyright-idUSTRE7715BP20110802[/URL]
a step in the right direction
How would they have know anyway?
[QUOTE=smidge146;31502623]How would they have know anyway?[/QUOTE] exactly.
I read "UK to legalise" and thought YES. "private copying of CDs". I am still okay with this.
Cool, we already have this in Australia.
okay, makes sense. NOW REST OF THE MODERN WORLD GET UP WITH THIS. and then attack the issue of piracy with this same mind-set and you'll get somewhere! oh and don't forget our freedom, privacy and the constitution that should sway your law in the right direction.
But I liked being a petty criminal.
The law following what people are actually doing? What the fuck is going on?
I'm surprised people even buy audio CDs anymore.
[QUOTE=markg06;31503299]I'm surprised people even buy audio CDs anymore.[/QUOTE] Unless if your car has an iPod dock then you use them in your car.
[QUOTE=AWarGuy;31503116]Cool, we already have this in Australia.[/QUOTE] So what you're saying is that Australia banned the illegal copying of CDs? (by making it legal ofc)
[QUOTE=markg06;31503299]I'm surprised people even buy audio CDs anymore.[/QUOTE] If it's the same price I prefer to own the physical CD.
[QUOTE=markg06;31503299]I'm surprised people even buy audio CDs anymore.[/QUOTE] First, you can rip the contents of a CD any number of times you want. so if your HDD crashes then you still got backups on nice artistic discs. plus there was a study that people prefer to have physical things when they buy stuff. I just bought the new Zebrahead CD. Preorders online get it instantly but I have to wait a few days but I'm okay with that.
I thought this was legal anyway.
What, this isn't already legal? I'm currently burning a load of CDs to my PC.... Ah well.
Probably every person that owns an iPod does this with their old pre-mp3 CDs anyway... But I guess it's the thought that counts..
[QUOTE=Streetser20;31503585]What, this isn't already legal? I'm currently burning a load of CDs to my PC.... Ah well.[/QUOTE] stop right there [img]http://imgkk.com/i/2b21.jpg[/img] I swear to god I will shoot you
This law isn't going to change much anyways since CDs and that are becoming obsolete.
The BBC version of the article said it applied to DVDs too
I don't even buy CDs anymore. If I want a physical copy I'll just buy the vinyl of the artist and get their album for free on CD or digital download. Good that the UK is doing this though!
[QUOTE=Pr0vologne;31506259]I don't even buy CDs anymore. If I want a physical copy I'll just buy the vinyl of the artist and get their album for free on CD or digital download. Good that the UK is doing this though![/QUOTE] wow vinyl, so alternative~
[quote]Hargreaves, professor of digital economy at Cardiff School of Journalism, found that Britain's 300-year-old copyright laws were obstructing innovation and growth and said a shake-up could [B]add nearly 8 billion pounds ($13 billion) to the economy[/B].[/quote] Unless I'm missing something I have no idea how this would work at all
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;31505049]The BBC version of the article said it applied to DVDs too[/QUOTE]I'd be pretty sure the law would be worded so it applies to everything thing they sell movies, games, software, music, ect. on
[QUOTE=P1X3L N1NJA;31503320]Unless if your car has an iPod dock then you use them in your car.[/QUOTE] Mine doesn't have an iPod dock, it has a USB slot, and SD card slot, and Aux socket and a CD slot, and that was only £50 over a year ago, I've never even used the CD slot
David Cameron, I salute you and your failed NHS plans.
I wish we could do that over here across the pond, but law makers are too busy shoving there heads up their asses.
[QUOTE=kaine123;31509045]I wish we could do that over here across the pond, but law makers are too busy shoving there heads up their asses.[/QUOTE] If you're talking about the US, then yeah you can
UK FTW.
I honestly wasn't even aware this was illegal in the first place.
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