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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
The anti-circumvention provision is similar to anti-circumvention provisions in U.S. and Canadian legislation, and is just as poorly thought out.
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I (and the blog post that I linked in the OP) agree that the anti-circumvention clause is silly. I still think, though, that this is an improvement in UK copyright law. At least now I can legally rip all of my CDs to MP3.
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
It's even more insane (but not at all surprising) that not only did copyrightholders fight this right , they also tried to demand some form of compensation for letting people have it.
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It's even more ridiculous given that the BPI said that they
wouldn't sue anyone for making personal copies back in 2006.