whitetop
07-20-2015, 11:51 AM
It is once again illegal to copy movies and music for personal use in the UK.
A new law introduced in October 2014 meant that it was briefly legal for users to transfer films they had bought into their home library and onto their mobile devices.
That law has now been overturned in the high court following a legal challenge from the British Academy Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).
The new ruling means that it is illegal to make copies of a film that has been paid for, even if they’re for personal use.
The same law applies to ripping CDs in order to copy the music to a user’s digital music library.
While the law apply to both films and music, the change is largely a result of lobbying from the music industry, in a bid to protect royalty payments for recording artists.
more here
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ripping-music-films-personal-illegal-085939042.html#lwK3quG
A new law introduced in October 2014 meant that it was briefly legal for users to transfer films they had bought into their home library and onto their mobile devices.
That law has now been overturned in the high court following a legal challenge from the British Academy Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).
The new ruling means that it is illegal to make copies of a film that has been paid for, even if they’re for personal use.
The same law applies to ripping CDs in order to copy the music to a user’s digital music library.
While the law apply to both films and music, the change is largely a result of lobbying from the music industry, in a bid to protect royalty payments for recording artists.
more here
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ripping-music-films-personal-illegal-085939042.html#lwK3quG