Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to publicly announce the government’s support of these consumer practices on Wednesday. [Reuters]
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Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to publicly announce the government’s support of these consumer practices on Wednesday. [Reuters]
Image: Shutterstock/cardiae
RufusLives
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 3:11 PMWell, it is technically legal to do this in Australia, except you are not allowed to circumvent copy protection to do it which pretty much defeats the point of making it legal in the first place!
Goddy
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 3:15 PMHollywood is gonna love this.
MotorMouth
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 4:30 PMAnd people wonder why they are stuck with Justin Bieber, Idol and X-Factor. Still, at least it is almost always cheaper to buy an album on CD through Amazon’s marketplace than it is to buy it on iTunes.
Steve
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 5:26 PMEasy to pass this sorta bill in the UK, it’s not like it’s their local industry potentially being affected.
The lobbyists and special interest groups in the US on the other hand, fight tooth and nail to prevent this very thing. Which is usually why the states usually has the most draconian copyright/DRM.