Maybe I should start watching the news...

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because as a rule I never watch it.

But then tonight, I saw this.

New freedom to copy music and videos in Government review - Channel 4 News

Anyone else see it?
#news #start #watching
  • Profile picture of the author IanGreenwood
    Yeh! I saw it too.

    I think the point is to allow people to make copies for their own and immediate family's private use on different media (e.g. CD to MP3) - not to allow everyone the right to legally copy whatever they like.

    Just as well. Us IM'er have enough trouble keeping our stuff away from the Pirates
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    I missed it.

    But I see "this move would only legalise private copying for non-commercial use. It would not allow people to share content over the internet without copyright owners' permission - on file sharing sites, for example" and "it will become legal for individuals to copy music and video they own to different formats" ... so I think I'd welcome that.

    (Our copyright laws are pretty archaic, I think?)
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    • Profile picture of the author sanssecret
      I'm guilty as h**l of breaking copyright laws. I always make copies of my music CD's so I have one for the computer, one for the car, and one for the CD player upstairs. Plus, it's handy to have backups for when my girls decide to leave them lying about the floor for the cat to play with.

      I just think this will cause more problems than it will solve. But then folks already have enough problems with copyright issues so maybe a few more won't make that much difference.:confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    I remember as a kid sitting up late at night with my cassette player and recording music from the radio that I liked but couldnt afford to buy. It was always tricky to record between the ads, and it used to annoy me when the radio announcer would speak over the songs.

    How times have changed.
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    • Profile picture of the author spearce000
      Originally Posted by ramone_johnny View Post

      I remember as a kid sitting up late at night with my cassette player and recording music from the radio that I liked but couldnt afford to buy. It was always tricky to record between the ads, and it used to annoy me when the radio announcer would speak over the songs.

      How times have changed.
      I think everyone who was a kid in the 1970's and 1980's did that LOL! I certainly did, and later made copies of LPs onto cassettes so I could listen to them in the car.

      But seriously...

      I don't see anything wrong in changing the law so it's legal to rip a CD and put the music on your ipod or MP3 player - as long as it's for personal use and you've paid for it in the first place. The problem (as I see it) will be in the wording. If they make it legal to make copies as long as those copies are not for resale, then there's nothing to stop, say, "Big G" buying one copy of CD, DVD or music/video download and then giving it away free and destroying the value completely.

      Interesting that they're announcing this while Parliament is in recess.

      On a related note, if UK copyright and public domain laws were brought in line with those in the US, it would make life a lot easier for British Warriors.

      I await Wednesday's announcement with interest.
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