Kerry Mayes wrote: > >> http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/06/new_zealand_to_get_t.html > I hadn't heard this bit but it seems rather a backward way of > reporting something. Currently it is illegal to copy music from your > CDs to your MP3 player and the new legistlation is going to make that > legal.
On the other hand, the music and movie industries - and folks like Microsoft - are aiming for a future where everything electronic includes copy-protection. Having the right to make fair use of non-copy-protected stuff doesn't do me much good if everything's copy-protected. Some articles to check out: http://www.lafkon.net/tc/ http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/publications/lu-22.html http://www.wired.com/news/columns/1,70802-0.html http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1905 http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/guide/ http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html > I hadn't heard anything about copy protection schemes but the > law change is making fewer things criminal not more! Copying music from your CDs to your MP3 player currently counts as copyright infringement in NZ. It's not a _criminal_ offense at all. Tim -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
