[Gllug] EU council streaming petition

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 10:09:42PM +0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Jason Clifford wrote:
> >There has never neem a "fair use" exemption in the UK. Getting one will be 
> >a battle.
> >  
> 
> http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p09_fair_use

But most people understand ''fair use'' to be what it is in the USA, in particular
the right to copy a record/tape/CD/... that you own to some other medium. This is
what we have never had in the UK and is what Jason was referring to. Andrew Gowers'
report (released at the start of December) suggested that that should be allowed:

	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectual_property/gowersreview_index.cfm

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