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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] I had no idea
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Robert Burrell Donkin |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] I had no idea |
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Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:54:54 +0000 |
UK uses differential enforcement
For example, playing a DVD you purchased on a digital player[1] or a
MP3 downloaded illegally and ripped[2] are equally criminal here but
the CPS policy seems to be not to prosecute for [1]
Robert
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Anna Morris
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I was browsing and found this
> http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/cameron-copyright-is-out-of-date
>
> I had no idea that UK copyright was so different to USA; to me this means
> that a lot of the arguments made by RMS and co. about "you wouldn't expect
> for your use of a book to be controlled when you buy a book" are actually
> not very applicable to UK law at all.
>
> hum.
>
> Anna
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