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Story: UK gets tough on music swappers

Posted by: silvryn (Tuesday 15 March 2005, 10:08 PM)

I find this amusing to say the least. We have the BPI going after people who allow songs to be uploaded from their machines. Not because they are getting into a tizzy about it, but they don't go after the companies that sell the CDs in the first place.
For example.. Sony EMI sell music CDs and Film DVDs, but the user can copy that music or DVD movie to their hard drives and therefore be shared. And also they sell CD-RW / DVD-RW ROM units and blank cds/dvds to the public and not expect them to use them for copying?
It would appear that those in the industry want thier cake and be able to eat it...from both ends.
If the major electronics industry want to sell cds /dvds with useless encryption then maybe a rethink on their part is needed.
Or could they just sell the music cheaper? now there's an idea!