18.07.2015 - 09:27 [ Techdirt ]

UK High Court Goes Even Further In Emphasizing That You Cannot Rip Your Own CDs

Last month, we wrote about an initial decision by the UK High Court to take away the private copying right that allowed people to rip their own CDs. This change in law had been sought by the public for so long that by the time it finally came into practice it didn‘t really matter because (1) who the hell still buys CDs and (2) everyone who did already assumed that ripping those CDs was perfectly legal, because that‘s the only sensible way of thinking about it.