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Ripping is a tort in the UK.
by pbhjpbhj 2y ago
Ripping is a tort in the UK.
- gambiting 2y agoIt's explicitly legal in the UK: "In the United Kingdom, it was illegal to rip or copy the content of a CD, ebooks or DVD to even for your own personal use before October 1, 2014. It was illegal to break the DRM (Digital Rights Management) or TPM (Technical Protection Measures) used on DVD to protect the content from ripping. But the changes had come into force in October 2014 under the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014. UK government changed the law after inspecting DVD/CD copyright legislation and public consultation announced the legalization of DVD copy, backup or formats shifting."
- pbhjpbhj 2y agoThe right was rescinded the following year after lobbying by media representative organisations. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-33566933 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-33566933 (I've not looked at this link, I just know it to be the case and prima facie this looked right)