The British Government have announced that they intend to make changes to UK Copyright Law in the near future to add an exception for personal copies for format shifting, so people will be permitted to rip copies of any media they own in order to playback on different devices.
This would effectively make DRM and other copy protection systems in the UK, unlawful as it would prevent the public from enacting their rights under the law.
So bring it on...
Reply:
Yeah right, dream on...
In France such a provision exists already to allow customers to create a personal backup copy of a CD, DVD, game, software...
Publishers are allowed to put in place copy protection systems as long as they don't prevent the end user from using his right to a personal backup.
I still struggle all the time to make a working backup of a disc I bought, having to grab NOCDs.
That was just a sidenote.
The real thing is, the customer -me- is inconvenienced more and more by these stupid terms of agreement, and becomes less and less willing to buy legit media.
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Re: This would be unlawful in the UK
Original comment:
The British Government have announced that they intend to make changes to UK Copyright Law in the near future to add an exception for personal copies for format shifting, so people will be permitted to rip copies of any media they own in order to playback on different devices.
This would effectively make DRM and other copy protection systems in the UK, unlawful as it would prevent the public from enacting their rights under the law.
So bring it on...
Reply:
Yeah right, dream on...
In France such a provision exists already to allow customers to create a personal backup copy of a CD, DVD, game, software...
Publishers are allowed to put in place copy protection systems as long as they don't prevent the end user from using his right to a personal backup.
I still struggle all the time to make a working backup of a disc I bought, having to grab NOCDs.
That was just a sidenote.
The real thing is, the customer -me- is inconvenienced more and more by these stupid terms of agreement, and becomes less and less willing to buy legit media.
So much less willing...