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Old 05-27-2009, 04:43 PM   #291
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Sure. It's illegal in the UK, as are all other forms of "format conversion" (eg, it's illegal to rip your own, legally-bought, CD to an iPod in the UK, too).

You're vanishingly unlikely to actually be prosecuted for it, but it is, technically at least, illegal. It's a breach of the 1998 "Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act", to be specific.
Perhaps things may change in the UK. Consumer Focus argues against current laws, although I really don't know if they have any power at all to help any change happen - they are not a regulator. They're a UK statutory consumer organisation.
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