[Gllug] Warning: copy control CD

[Davies Sue]

They have the teeth, I know I'm a fully qualified Inspector of Weights &
Measures (the Trading Standards Quali)I gave it up because the Local
Government politicians decided it was better to be nice to bad people than
to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.  It is possible to mount
a private action under TDA, you will need co operation from the local Chief
Police Officer or Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures to get the case to
court but you'll probably get it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Clifford [mailto:jason at ukpost.com]
Sent: 19 February 2003 09:59
To: 'gllug at linux.co.uk'
Subject: RE: [Gllug] Warning: copy control CD


On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Davies Sue wrote:

> There is always the possibility that this could be an offence under the
> Trade Descriptions Act 1968.  It is an offence to apply a description that
> you know to be false to goods that you manufacture or sell.  If the term
CD
> has a definite meaning and this doesn't fall within that meaning you may
> have a case.  Trying to get your local Trading Standards Dept to take it
> seriously may be another matter.  

Unfortunately Trading Standards have so far shown themselves to be utterly 
useless on this one.

In the first place they generally have no teeth and secondly they also 
appear to simply not understand the issues so far - even when they are 
explained carefully.

The Campaign for Digital Rights (http://ukcdr.org/) have been doing a lot 
of work on this.

Jason Clifford
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