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Originally Posted by HarryT
You are wrong. Recording music from the radio is, and always has been, illegal in the UK.
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I see, I'm wrong [for the UK case]. Well, this highlights that in "a global new world" we cannot take anything for granted. (People in Spain also is taken by surprise when they first learn about the tax on TV sets in UK).
I'd say this has been always legal in Spain, although IANAL (
this [1] seems to confirm). I know that "private copy" (it's a well defined term in Spanish law) includes, at least, copies for personal use you make from broadcast media and media shifting.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Thankfully, most people are honest, and will pay for the books they wish to read. There will always be a small percentage of dishonest people who want "something for nothing"
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Which directly leads to why the honest people has to suffer the DRM while the dishonest has not
(And remember, I want to pay, but not under what I consider disadvantageous conditions. If I cave, I'm only going against my own long term interest.)
As someone has said before, they should start calling DRM media a rental (with according prices, one can dream
). This would feel more realistic to me. I see that people here that don't mind the DRM is because, as they say, their use pattern mimics that of rental: quick consumption and be done with it.
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho_de_copia_privada