Chancellor urged to decriminalise ipod users
29 October 2006
UK copyright law should be changed to include a ‘private right to copy’ that protects users of ipod and other MP3 players, according to a new report published today (Sunday) by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr).
The UK’s current copyright laws mean that millions of Brits break the law each year when they copy their CDs onto their computers.
ippr says that the forthcoming review of Intellectual Property, set up by Chancellor Gordon Brown and chaired by Andrew Gowers, should update the 300-year-old copyright laws to take account of the changes in the way people want to listen to music, watch films and read books.