This isn't actually a new law but the overturning of a new law passed last year that explicitly legalized these things. The law now is as it was when iTunes was

This isn't actually a new law but the overturning of a new law passed last year that explicitly legalized these things. The law now is as it was when iTunes was originally introduced. Story about the passage of the now-overturned law: https://torrentfreak.com/uk-government-legalizes-cd-ripping-cloud-backups-today-141001/ https://torrentfreak.com/uk-government-legalizes-cd-ripping-...