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Originally Posted by HarryT
Making format conversion "fair use" (ie legal) was originally a part of the Digital Economy Act, but it doesn't seem to have made it into the final law. It don't know if it got dropped through lack of time in the "wash-up", or what, but it's a pity that this legal anomaly didn't get sorted out.
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That would be another one of the things that we lost due to the lack of any scrutiny and discussion before it was passed. I can't find any official BPI stance on it, but the BMG seemed to be in favour of it a few years ago. No official statement since though.