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UK High Court rules CD ripping illegal, again

article published on 19 July, 2015

The British government decided last year that CD and DVD ripping, amongst other format changes, are allowed as long as the copy is not redistributed and the original piece has been acquired legally. This isn't the case anymore as High Court reverts the decision. The High Court took the case after music industry claimed it was illegal to copy material without a fair compensation. And indeed ... [ read the full article ]

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Dragon3000
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_ 		20. July 2015 @ 02:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's just silly.
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greatdeceiver
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_ 		20. July 2015 @ 08:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You got that right pard.
Matter of fact people in the US don't give a hoot about the
copyright law and people give it the middle finger.

I lost count of how many dvds i have copied and never mind that the practice was supposed to be illegal.I lost interest in it.......


I hate movies and I can't find any live music dvds i would not
even waste my time on pirating when i can find things on youtube....


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Bozobub
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_ 		20. July 2015 @ 11:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's silly, unenforceable (except against teachers) and counterproductive.

Literally every time Big Media has tried this, piracy has skyrocketed.
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Jemborg
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_ 		20. July 2015 @ 12:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What a stupid waste of time.

So Sony are gonna stop selling blanks.... NOT!



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