Why the music industry is fighting the wrong copyright battle
by Julia Powles from Technology | The Guardian on (#BTW4)
High court ruling highlights inconsistencies between UK copyright law on physical and digital content - and how consumers might foot the bill
We all know that it's possible to share books, CDs and mixtapes, pull them apart, or transfer them to different environments. Their digital equivalents, however, are not so free.
On Friday, the high court in London ruled that when you rip your lawfully owned CDs, transfer a DVD movie to a USB-only device, or backup your playlists, consumers are potentially "harming" rights holders.
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