This Week's WTH News: Music on your PC for Personal use is now illegal

[lScottl]

That is the dumbest thing ive ever heard

Thats like saying ipods/itunes are illegal

music that is put from cd's, or downloaded illegally, is illegal, yes. but over here the government have better things to be doing than care about silly things like that.

[-=!Mikeus!=-]

so u cant buy a cd from a shop and transfer it to itunes to put on an ipod??

how stupid

[joshuar]

So then in theory, Apple is breaking a US law by allowing people to transfer music onto their computer, so is every computer sold as they all contain Windows Media Player (apart from the very new ones which aren't allowed to have it I believe).

American's need to sort it out

[lScottl]

So then in theory, Apple is breaking a US law by allowing people to transfer music onto their computer, so is every computer sold as they all contain Windows Media Player (apart from the very new ones which aren't allowed to have it I believe).

American's need to sort it out

not really, music can be bought direct from stores on both media players mentioned, they are breaking an US/UK law by giving the option to transfer music from cd's onto them

[joshuar]

Well the programs themselves break the laws, even if you can purchase music from stores inside them, as they both offer the facility to import CDs.

[lScottl]

Well the programs themselves break the laws, even if you can purchase music from stores inside them, as they both offer the facility to import CDs.

that is what i just said

[Ramones]

cant you just say its not for personal use