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

[Iain Conochie]

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>
> Hence my earlier point: If i buy a record I then have a license to a recording
> of the album. If I choose to use a new medium (eg CD/MP3) then I am using
> that same license for the music but have provided my own physical medium.
>
> The recent govt report recommended that people be allowed to create backups/copies
> of music, etc, for personal use. My question is: if I have a license for
> the music that came when I bought the thing on vynil, does that give me a
> license to the same album (a re-release) on CD - so I can copy a friend's
> CD and be legal.
>
> If the license is independent of the physical medium, could I replace
> them in the event of destruction - eg my house burns down, but I can prove
> that I had these albums, so just copy them from a mate. Is that legal ?
>   
<IANAL>

I do not think the license is independant of the physical medium, as it 
seems that the record companies want you to have to buy each and every 
medium (be it CD, MP3, vinyl) so that you have to have bought each and 
every medium. Whether or not they will get away with this is another 
thing :)

</IANAL>


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