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UK Report Suggests Tougher Copyright Laws

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-can-you-have-any-pudding-if-you-don't-buy-your-music dept.

danpsmith writes "The BBC has an article about a government report which proposes new powers against copyright infringement. Interestingly, however, it also: "says private users should be allowed to copy music from a CD to their MP3 player" and further "recommends the 50-year copyright protection for recorded music should not be extended," saying, "The ideal IP system creates incentives for innovation, without unduly limiting access for consumers and follow-on innovators." While satisfied with most of the report, The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) says, "it would continue to press for the copyright extension.""

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  1. Legalize file sharing already. by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    "By tidying up a small part of the copyright law, we believe Gowers may well be opening the floodgates to uncontrolled and unstoppable private copying and sharing from person to person, as well as format to format." I've got some bad news for you.

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  2. Re:Australia was woken up as well. by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's nothing but talk anyway. With the current situation in Britain and our Fifty Or So Strikes approach to law enforcement it's more likely to be an ASBO preventing offenders from "committing anymore piracy, please".

    Absolute worst case scenario is probably "10 years" becoming 1 year, out in 6 months on good behaviour. Or they could always get out whenever they please if they invoke the Human Rights Act and point out that being imprisoned violates their basic human right to "do whatever the fuck they want".

    Not that our legal system has left me disillusioned or anything...

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  3. Re:Australia was woken up as well. by drgs100 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I grantee that life gets much less stressful when you stop reading the Daily Mail.

  4. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Any advice on immigrating to the UK?

    1. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Funny how so many foreigner's want to come and live here in the U.K., when most people born here want to leave!!!???