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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. Re:In the words of a famous 'german'.. by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i see noooothing, i hear nooothing !!

    dude, you're playing the label side.

    oh wait, its safer that way. carry on, then!

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  2. Re:In the words of a famous 'german'.. by unitron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No one cares about the Danish.

    Well, not the prune Danish, but the cheese Danish is pretty good.

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    I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.