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Germany Says Copying of DVDs, CDs Is Verboten

Posted by Zonk on from the you-own-nothing-you-hear-me dept.

Billosaur writes "In what can only be seen as the opening salvo in an attempt to control what users can do with content, the German parliament has approved a controversial copyright law which will make it illegal to make copies of CDs and DVDs, even for personal use. The Bundesrat, the upper part of the German parliament, approved the legislation over the objections of consumer protection groups. The law is set to take effect in 2008, and covers CDs, DVDs, recordings from IPTV, and TV recordings." A few folks have noted that this story is incorrect. The original link seems to be down now anyway. Sorry.

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  1. Not news. by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We always knew the Germans were fascists. ;)

    Now, does this law require a second or third reading or an announcement from a chancellor or something? In Canada, sometimes they'll let an lame issue get a reading just before the end of the session, or they'll send it to committee for "study".

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  2. Grammar "Nazi" by m1sha · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    oh what a clever subject line ^

    Anyway, if this couldn't have been titled "Germany Says Copying of DVDs, CDs Sind Verboten" it could have at least been "Germany Says Copying of DVDs, CDs Are Verboten". "CDs is..." just looks wrong! Bit of cross-language grammar here please?