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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. Better hurry then by jtroutman · · Score: 4, Funny

    That gives you three months to make all the copies you're going to need.

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  2. So sad. by bi$hop · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember the good ol' days when copying of DVDs and CDs was just farhfegnugen in Germany. Now it's verboten? Next thing you know it will be gesundheit!

  3. That's REALLY impressive! by erroneus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clearly German legislators are less expensive than those of many other nations! I'll keep that in mind when I need to buy a new law! :)