Re: [LUG] European Copyright Directive Reminder

[Mark Evans <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Melhuish wrote:

> Also remember that most law-enforcement is driven, or at least enabled, by
> citizens themselves.  I openly swap copied CDs in public, and have never
> experienced more than a joking comment about my 'illegal activities'.  Unless
> the general opinion towards copyright theft changes quite radically, any
> number of laws will not make the blindest bit of difference.

Yesterday I bought a TV listings magazine.
In it is a full page ad for a piece of software for converting tape or
records to CD. Doing this is against even current copyright law. With
a DMCA type law the advertiser and the magazine could wind up out
of business.

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