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xenocity
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06 Aug 2015, 12:22 pm

It's now official, the UK High Court has overturned key copyright law, making iTunes (including iTunes Match) and other software and services illegal.

There is the why:

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"It is now unlawful to make private copies of copyright works you own, without permission from the copyright holder – this includes format shifting from one medium to another," a spokesperson told the site.


Any software that allows the ripping of CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and other formats is know illegal in the UK.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 43890.html


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06 Aug 2015, 4:34 pm

So then...

The term "fair use" has no meaning in UK law?

I'm surprised.

I mean, people BUY digital music off iTunes. It's not like they're stealing.

Who in the world convinced the courts that iTunes was bad? Nobody was losing any money.


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07 Aug 2015, 2:41 am

well, this is how spotify steals itunes' market share; streaming isn't making copies, and now the only way to listen to music legally, according to this new law: over-the-air radio or streaming services



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07 Aug 2015, 3:01 am

So is youtube also illegal? :|