[Gllug] Uh oh, ministers consider "anti file-sharing laws"

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 05:53:51PM +0100, amd_uk wrote:

> As to owning the physical media. You may well, but you can't legally 
> give that media to someone else if it has copyrighted material on it. If 

I can sell my music CDs if I want to (and find someone who shares my taste of music).
What I cannot do is to sell a CD but keep/use the backup copy.

I don't know if the Gowers review has been accepted by the govt and when it might go into law:

	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pre_budget_report/prebud_pbr06/press_notices/prebud_pbr06_pressgowers.cfm

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