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Newalpost
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It's now illegal - again - to copy CDs or DVDs you've bought to put onto your MP3 player, your computer or other devices.

The government had introduced a new law in October last year meaning it was legal to transfer music into your home library.

But that law has been overturned in the High Court.

It's after a legal challenge from Basca, the Musicians' Union, and industry representatives UK Music.

It's unclear how the change will be enforced.

 

 

 

Source - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33566933/ripping-music-and-films-illegal-again-after-high-court-overturns-new-law

 

Posted (edited)

Saw that yesterday.

 

This is relevant to EmbyConnect in the UK:

 

The law brought in last October made it legal to make back-ups for personal use but it always remained an offence to share those copies with friends or family or to sell on that music or data.

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Koleckai Silvestri
Posted

Unless you're sharing the media online via torrent seeding, Emby Connect or other means, how would they know that you did so? Clearly it is a way to fight piracy and try to combat worldwide record sales. Each person has to decide what laws they will scoff at and try to avoid.

 

At least the UK hasn't passed a law requiring keyloggers installed on every computer yet.

Newalpost
Posted (edited)
At least the UK hasn't passed a law requiring keyloggers installed on every computer yet.

 

 

I thought MS, Google and Apple did that anyway - :rolleyes:

 

Begs the question about all those CDs and DVDs ripped between the dates of it being legal and now becoming illegal.

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Posted

Great way to solve the piracy problem...punish the people who actually PAID for your product. :rolleyes:

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TolkienBard
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Great way to solve the piracy problem...punish the people who actually PAID for your product. :rolleyes:

 

I've never understood that approach either.

Posted

Saw that yesterday.

 

This is relevant to EmbyConnect in the UK:

 

 

From our TOS:

 

 

© You represent and warrant that you will utilize the Access Services solely for non-commercial, private and personal use and that EMBY has no knowledge of, nor does EMBY investigate, monitor, or otherwise have knowledge of the User Content available through the Access Services.  Additionally, EMBY does not have access to, nor host, any of the User Content available through the Access Services.

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ebr,would this be relevan to emby,just thought id ive you guys heads up.

 iTunes is Illegal Under UK Copyright Law

 

 

No.  All we do is provide you with the car.  Who you put in the car and how you get them there is totally up to you.

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