Ripping a CD to put it on a server or to make an MP3 copy for portable use was, until yesterday, illegal. Now, thanks to The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014 which came into force on the 1st October it is allowed (provided you don't give away a copy or the original CD.)
Useful bits from the explanation...
"... an individual may make personal copies of a copyright work (other than a computer program) which is lawfully owned by that individual, provided the copies are made for that individual’s private use, without infringing copyright in the work. Any personal copies must be destroyed if the individual transfers the work from which they were made to another person, unless the copyright owner authorises the transfer of the personal copies to that person. Any personal copy which is not so destroyed or is transferred to another person without the authorisation of the copyright owner shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of the Act. Subsection (10) provides that any term of a contract which prevents or restricts the making of a personal copy in accordance with section 28B is unenforceable."
and
"Regulation 5(1) and (2) contain a transitional provision which provides that a copy of a work made by an individual prior to commencement of these Regulations will be treated as a personal copy of the work for the purposes of new section 28B if the copy could have been made under section 28B had those provisions been in force at the time the copy was made. Regulation 5(3) and (4) make an equivalent transitional provision in relation to copies of recordings which could have been made under paragraph 1B of Schedule 2."
So should any of us have illegally made copies in the past, we seem to be forgiven.
Useful bits from the explanation...
"... an individual may make personal copies of a copyright work (other than a computer program) which is lawfully owned by that individual, provided the copies are made for that individual’s private use, without infringing copyright in the work. Any personal copies must be destroyed if the individual transfers the work from which they were made to another person, unless the copyright owner authorises the transfer of the personal copies to that person. Any personal copy which is not so destroyed or is transferred to another person without the authorisation of the copyright owner shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of the Act. Subsection (10) provides that any term of a contract which prevents or restricts the making of a personal copy in accordance with section 28B is unenforceable."
and
"Regulation 5(1) and (2) contain a transitional provision which provides that a copy of a work made by an individual prior to commencement of these Regulations will be treated as a personal copy of the work for the purposes of new section 28B if the copy could have been made under section 28B had those provisions been in force at the time the copy was made. Regulation 5(3) and (4) make an equivalent transitional provision in relation to copies of recordings which could have been made under paragraph 1B of Schedule 2."
So should any of us have illegally made copies in the past, we seem to be forgiven.
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