iTunes is Illegal in the UK

[mvcg66b3r]

Using iTunes is now illegal in the UK, with the current copyright laws turning almost everyone into a criminal. Copying copyrighted content for personal use was actually illegal in the UK until 2014, when the government legalized an activity already undertaken by most people.

Unfortunately, several organizations looking after the welfare of musicians — including the Musicians’ Union and UK Music — weren’t happy with the change in the law, and applied for a judicial review. They got it, and the changes to the law have now been overturned.

This means that copying the music from a CD you have bought onto an MP3 player is now illegal. Which is a feature built into iTunes, Windows Media Player, and countless other pieces of software. All of which are now, by the letter of the law, assisting people in criminal behavior.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/problem-android-itunes-illegal-tech-news-digest/

 

[anotherguyTN]

Considering the greed of the US music industry I'm surprised they haven't tried to do this here. I hope a higher judge in the UK will overrule it and that this comes back to bite the UK music industry in the rear end.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Here in Canada they compared it to going to a public library and photocopying pages from any book. It's legal here, but is THAT illegal in the UK too?

 

[vchimpanzee]

It's ridiculous that if you have music on an album or cassette you paid for, you can't simply transfer it to something you can use with more modern equipment, or perhaps in the car.

 

[Darth_vader]

Well of course you *can*; it's actually a matter of whether Big Establishment Media "want" you to or not. Screw 'em. Your money, your hardware, your software, your choice.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

It's ridiculous that if you have music on an album or cassette you paid for, you can't simply transfer it to something you can use with more modern equipment, or perhaps in the car.

For your own private collection maybe it should be okay, but they fear you'll just make copies for your friends...this has been going on since the copy from cassette to cassette days.
Now there's simple downloading, no friend required.