UK Govt: DVD and CD Ripping Will Be Legalized This Summer
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the UK Government has published a guide informing consumers about an upcoming revision of copyright law which will legalize CD and DVD copying for personal use. The changes go into effect in June, and will also broaden other forms of fair use, including parody and quotation rights.
if its going to be legal then shouldnt DRM be removed ?
if its going to be legal then shouldnt DRM be removed ?
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They would bang me up for life if they knew how many CDs I had ripped in my lifetime
If I've bought that DVD I should buy the rights to copy it for my own use which I always thought I was within my rights to do anyway.
I'm sure we'll get a raft of new programs rewriting their T's & C's to emphasise that you can rip for personal use so that their program "Pirate that DVD!!" at least tries to sound legal
Yes I was under the same impression but having tried to rip The Lion King and Thomas & Friends DVDs to my son's tablet I've found out that even though it's legal to do so, you can't because the copyright protection won't allow you to even after trying some of the internet's finest ripping software. So even though I've got the right to backup my own discs, I can't.
I've also just found out that if you download a Kindle book it won't allow you to copy it to someone else's device unless it's on the same Amazon account so in future I'll be going back to real books so I can please myself what I do with them.
If I bought a real book or talking book I could share it with whoever I liked like my wife or my friends but not with a Kindle ebook it would seem. I could also if I wished to do so, sell it on but again you can't do that with a Kindle book. It's just a way for them to get more money from us. Oh well, their loss as I won't be buying anymore ebooks until they remove the protection. In future I will only be buying the real thing and if I choose to lend it to my wife to read then that's my prerogative.
The same with ripping DVD's its fine in my opinion if you RIP then store the original away etc, but not if you RIP then sell, give the original away, which a lot of people do.
It never has been legal in the UK. At least not without the express consent of the copyright holder.
Though I recall some years ago reading a quote from the head of one of the music rights organisations (think it was the BPI?) that they were not really interested in going after individuals who copied CDs to an mp3 player or whatever. They were more interested in pursuing people who made dozens of copies to flog at car boot sales and the like.
DRM is still allowed and may now get worse, IMO.
Copying for friends and family is still illegal.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/215022716/Copyright-Guidance-Consumers
I don't think it's ever been legal. So all those times you've copied a CD to put it on your iPod, you've broken the law! Don't worry, you're in good company!
Interesting, so all the times I've been able to easily rip or burn a CD through Windows Media Player, Microsoft have been encouraging me to break the law and even walking me through the process?!
Indeed. Apple too.
But they should go harder after people copying for financial gain.
surprised that so many didn't know it was illegal (check cover for items, says that making a copy is prohibited unless you have permission)
good to know that my digital music library going back 40 years will soon be legal (ripped from cd/vinyl over the years)
Of course there are, how else would you go about transferring your CDs, and Vinyl in my case, to your Walkman?
Yes me. I make up CDs for the car as my car stereo hasn't got one of them thingies for hooking up an ipod.
I rip all of my CD's & DVD's or obtain rips of ones that I have purchased, so that I can watch them on any of my devices without pointless "Thank you for purchasing this DVD" advert & trailers.
I recall there was a lot of anger in the film studios about how VHS was going to doom the film industry.