Today marks another stuffty day for computer users. In reality, almost every single computer owner has committed a crime under this new law.
https://torrentfreak.com/itunes-is-illegal-under-uk-copyright-law-150805/Basically, the UK tried to do something good: Allowing people to privately copy copyrighted material from one medium to another.
However, the high court was having none of that and decided to overturn it for stupid reasons. This has far reaching implications that effectively make almost every citizen an outlaw.
If you don't have explicit stated permission to do the following (Many of them don't), all these are illegal:
- Copying any copyrighted music onto an MP3 player, effectively outlawing playing music on ANY mobile device.
- Ripping CD music onto your computer or MP3 player, effectively making iTunes illegal software and setting up potential lawsuits for "damages" to artists who have literally lost no money in the process of people privately copying their music which they've already paid for.
- Downloading or moving digital copies of movies which you've legally bought.
- Installing games from CDs or copying a game from one computer to another, effectively outlawing gaming.
- Backups of your computer or copying documents including copyrighted material onto external harddrives or USB drives.
- Automated backups of your computer including Windows Restore and Time Machine on OSX. That's right, you've broken the law because your OS does automated backups.
- Installing any OS onto your computer, at all. From a disc, USB drive, anything. This effectively outlaws any computer.
My brain is hurting from the blatant stupidity.
