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

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 26 Oct, Panos Savvas wrote:
> This is interesting, can any one clear this up for me?
> What constitutes copyrighted material and who decides?
> For instance I am legally allowed to build a house that exactly replicates
> one i have seen

   In this country you may be able to build a house that has the same
appearance as another, but it must be built to a plan that specifies both
appearance and structure and is agreed by the local planning authority, and
that would require plans likely to be subject to copyright.





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