Are you a copyright lawbreaker?
You live in the UK. You buy a CD. You rip it to your iPod. All nice and legal, right? Apparently not, according to this article by Will Head of Web User. Head makes the case that UK law is hopelessly twisted when it comes to digital media. Only the creators of digital works have the right to transfer them to new formats. So when you buy a CD, you have only paid for the license to listen to the content as a CD. The article gives a good overview of the situation, noting that the chances of prosecution for ripping your own CDs are pretty much zip. And don't forget all those worries during the eighties that taping your record albums would kill the music industry... It didn't.
[Via BootlegTalk by Glenn Folkvord]
