Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Johnny_Mac
On this topic.

I'm a bit pissed actually.

I bought a single off MSN Music (UK) yesterday. I downloaded the track, which I only recieved 1 track off a normal single (which has 3 tracks... others usually being B sides)

In the United Kingdom that CD (with 2 additional tracks) would have cost me £2.99 (or less) from a store. This one track from it cost me 99p. Fair enough, I was happy with that. I wanted to support music.

Now I come to put my new downloaded and fully paid for single on a CD. And it tells me I'm not allowed as its a violation of the copyright?

My point is I should have just have borrowed my mates copy of the CD and copied the thing for myself and used my own 99p disk.

I thought I'd do a decent thing and buy a single online to support the industry, when in the end im gonna copy my mates CD so i can use it in my CD player anyway! I dont see how this system will work.

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DRM (Digital Rights Management) strikes.  Thisis M$'s new angle on MP3's designed to stop just what you are doing, copying to a CD.  By doing that you would Violate UK Copyright Laws.  It sucks yeah, but it's what is happening nowadays.

It's good to support the industry but they need to cut us at least some slack.  I bought a MP3 Player not long ago & break the Law by having music on it that I ripped from CD's even though I bought the CD's.

We should try to get a petition up for a change in the Law to allow personal backups & legal rights to Copy Music from OUR OWN CD's to MP3 Players.