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UK legalises music, film and e-book back-ups

Discussion in 'News @ WindowsBBS' started by Arie, 2014/10/03.

  1. 2014/10/03
    Arie

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    It had previously been an offence to use a PC to make back-ups of purchased

    A law has come into effect that permits UK citizens to make copies of CDs, MP3s, DVDs, Blu-rays and e-books.

    Consumers are allowed to keep the duplicates on local storage or in the cloud.

    While it is legal to make back-ups for personal use, it remains an offence to share the data with friends or family.

    Making such copies - including ripping CDs to iTunes - had previously qualified as copyright infringement, although cases were rarely prosecuted.

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