Re: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Tony Finch [fanf () chiark greenend org uk] On Behalf Of Tony Finch [dot () dotat at]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:12 AM
To: David Farber; david () abscott com
Cc: Tony Finch
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:  Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

DV Henkel-Wallace <david () abscott com> wrote:
> Interesting use of language by the newspaper you quoted, since
> "ripping" a CD you own is not illegal (in any country as far as I
> know) and explicitly allowed in some countries like Australia.

It is illegal in the UK, though there's an increasing amount of momentum
behind decriminalizing it. See for example
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7176538.stm

Tony.
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