Guest jasondonervan Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "An update to UK copyright law means that from 1 June 2014 it will no longer be illegal to make copies of CDs -- or ebooks or any other media -- that you have bought for personal use. According to current law, it is actually illegal to copy a CD for backup or to play the music on an MP3 player or mobile. It's also illegal to format shift an ebook you've bought from one device to another. Under new exceptions to copyright law, first initiated by the 2011 Hargreaves Review, people will be no longer be committing a crime by format shifting copies of CDs, ebooks or films they have bought. It will remain, however, illegal to make copies at home for friends and family. So no passing on those ripped CDs, people! If you want to give the CD to a loved one, you should make sure you delete any personal copies you have made from it, explains the Intellectual Property Office (IPO)." Wired Article UK Government Press Release Intellectual Property Office guidance (PDF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 FINALLY! I've always wondered how the 'rip' feature worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 People with iPods in the UK have been listening to silence for the past ten years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skibby Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 does this open up more opportunities for enforcement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain James Mission Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 out of interrest: does software you've bought in the uk, like nero or the windows media player have the ripping features enabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atom Dowry Firth Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 rip in peace out of interrest: does software you've bought in the uk, like nero or the windows media player have the ripping features enabled? Yeah it's just as easy to do and the practice is just as prevalent as anywhere else. Outdated ineffectual law is being replaced with something slightly less so. It's not going to change anyone's behaviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 It was illegal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Aww man they were so good at enforcing it too. Now it's no fun. Hope that doesn't happen when weed is legalized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 It was illegal?Aye, in the same way recording stuff off the TV onto VHS and taping stuff from the radio onto cassette was (don't know if those law ever got updated) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 DON'T COPY THAT FLOPPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 DON'T COPY THAT FLOPPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain James Mission Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 ^^sweet memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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