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The UK Parliament on DRM

Posted Jun 8, 2006 19:51 UTC (Thu) by dbg400 (subscriber, #141)
Parent article: The UK Parliament on DRM

Another recent news item in the UK has a related and positive change in intent, if not actual legislation - copying of CDs onto PCs & media players, for personal use, will not get negative attention from the BPI (Britsh Phonographic Industry). It sounds more like the fair use policy that some other countries enjoy. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5053658.stm

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The UK Parliament on DRM

Posted Jun 8, 2006 20:59 UTC (Thu) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link]

Possibility to copy CDs to media players and home media centers is one
of the main reasons why people who buy a lot of those things buy
them. People who buy less CDs are not so concerned about ease of
listening a lot of music from a large collection of CDs...

(Alienating your best customers is not good business)