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Originally Posted by carlwaring
Slightly OT, but wasn't law changed (or at least relaxed) recently with regards to CDs/MP3s so that you can now legally rip them for personal use?.
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The last Labour government proposed amending the CDPA 1988 to formally allow 'format shifting' but the proposal never made it into law. It is still technically an infringement to rip your CD collection and load it onto an iPod. However, personal ripping is a civil, rather than a criminal matter and as it would be impossible for any rights holder to show any significant financial loss as a result of an individual's iPod use, pursuing such a claim would be pointless and counterproductive.
The main reason for bothering to make the proposed 'format shifting' amendment would be on the principle that laws people routinely flout result in a general lack of respect for the concept of law. It is sometimes better to change the law in such cases.