Just a quick question,I don't want to cause an uproar here but.....
Is there any difference(in the eyes of the law)between having a laptop full of illegally downloaded songs or a laptop full of ripped cds from your own personal collection?
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Good question. As it's illegal to copy from one format to another (even if you own the original) you will presumably just have broken a different law.
However, as I walk past the police every day with my iPod on and have not yet been dragged off to the slammer, I doubt they are too bothered about it.
Cheers,
Jack.
However, as I walk past the police every day with my iPod on and have not yet been dragged off to the slammer, I doubt they are too bothered about it.
Cheers,
Jack.
Yeh but you do not profit from your ipod.
true - but it's still illegal to transfer copyrighted music onto it.
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| Is there any difference(in the eyes of the law)between having a laptop full of illegally downloaded songs or a laptop full of ripped cds from your own personal collection? |
Nope. No difference.
An MCPS APU person would simply be able to interogate the Digital Rights Management (DRM) licences (if any) to see which MP3's had been downloaded from a legitimate source eg: Bought on-line downloads from Woolies, HMV etc, and which MP3's shouldn't be there - eg: The ones with no DRM's.
So, if you've got 10000 MP3's and only 500 matching DRM licenses...9500 tracks (in the eyes of the UK powers that be) would be illegal.
The Queens got an i-pod you know. I wouldnt mind seeing the track listing on that device.
Thanks Gary.
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"fat bottomed girls"
Killer Queen?
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