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Public CD Copying Machine in Australia

Posted by timothy on from the every-dorm-should-have-one dept.

kanad writes: "With all the news of banning cd burners, taxing blank CD-Rs, DMCA, and whatnot in the U.S., here's a breather from Australia. Some stores have installed coin-operated CD copying machines. Basically it's very simple: put the CD to be copied and a blank CD in two different slots and drop your coins and Presto! In 10 minutes you get a copy. It even bypasses some anti-copying measures. ... Obviously the burden of not violating copyright rests with the user under Australian law, which is the same as that applied to photocopiers. Today evening I saw the machine and it's really cool. Wonder what would happen to this machine in U.S. and Europe."

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  1. Wonder what would happen to this machine in U.S. by Kalabajoui · · Score: 0, Troll

    I dunno, probably some pricks from the MPAA or RIAA would come along and vandalize it.