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Australia To Legalize VCR Recording and CD Ripping

Posted by Zonk on from the welcome-to-the-twenty-first-century dept.

paritosh writes "While the rest of the world is trying to figure out how to stop the assault of anti-consumer intellectual property laws, Australia is breaking free from them." From the article: "See, it is currently illegal in Australia to record shows off the telly, or to transferbangle (Australian for copy) music from CDs to portable music players. The end result is that a large portion of of the Australian citizenry are technically breaking the law, and while that may not sit poorly with a nation born of criminality, it makes the legal system look a tad bit ridiculous. Could you imagine shipping all of those offenders to Madagascar?"

2 of 352 comments (clear)

  1. Re:'Transferbangle'? by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does that mean we have to turn the whole world into weenies just to satisfy those who already are? That seems unfair. I mean, I'm a nerd, sure, but I'm not a weenie, and I don't wanna be.

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  2. Re:"nation born of criminality" by zhiwenchong · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm afraid you are way off in your history.
    History of Canada