The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for outdated copyright laws to be changed and modernized. Currently it is illegal to copy music CDs and then place them in your MP3 player for listening. Making copies of CDs and DVDs does not impact the copyright holders and this law should change, so IPPR is arguing the issue.
They feel copyright issues have been steered too much by the music industry in the past and that should change. IPPR deputy directory Dr. Ian Kearns feels “it is not the music industry’s job to decide what rights consumers have that is the job of the government.”
Intellectual property laws are currently being looked at by government in Britain, but changes certainly need to be made to laws such as this that keep someone from utilizing the music they bought. Now that we are in a digital age, intellectual property laws could change to reflect personal use.
DRM has taken such a hold on the music industry that libraries and other archive systems are having a hard time making things available that before were no issue. Digital Rights Management technologies, which restrict the sharing of music or other intellectual property, are bashing attempts to preserve electronic content.
When attention is called to these matters in the US, maybe the music industry will realize there are some issues to take into account when considering DRM and other like-services. We are moving fast with technology and the laws need to move just as fast to keep up.
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