It’s illegal to make private copies of music in the UK—again

Posted by BernardSwiss on Nov 27, 2015 4:03 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Glyn Moody
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The UK's 2014 private copying exception, which allowed you to make personal copies of your own music, including format-shifted versions, has now been definitively withdrawn, according to The 1709 Blog. As a result, it is once more illegal to make personal backups of your own music, videos or e-books, rip CDs and DVDs to standalone digital files, or upload your music to the cloud.

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