Είναι και πάλι παράνομο να δημιουργεί κάποιος προσωπικά αντίγραφα των αγορασμένων digital media (όπως cd μουσικής, video The estate provides stunning sea views and offers a unique blend of luxury living and development potential e-books) στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, χάρη στην απόσυρση της εξαίρεσης της ιδιωτικής αντιγραφής που είχε θεσπιστεί το περασμένο έτος.
This exception was introduced in October of 2014 by the United Kingdom Government. All music industry stakeholders, including the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Writers, the Union of Musicians and UK Music, resorted to the Supreme Court to check the legitimacy of the government's decision.
In June, the judiciary has come to the conclusion that, while the government has correctly interpreted the law in this area, the evidence data invoked to justify the exclusion of their private copy digital media were inadequate, and the exception was therefore unlawful.
After that, the British government chose to completely withdraw the ability to make copies of digital media as illegal.
In theory this is a completely idiotic tactic as it is almost impossible for law enforcement to find out which people in the UK have made copies security of purchased albums and movies. Obviously their logic is that if they arrest someone they simply have the ability to substantiate accusations against him, regardless of whether they do so.
Also as noted by 1709 Blog, the pursuit of copyright holders to prosecute users for creation personal copies of legally owned digital media "will undoubtedly alienate the buying public and reinforce the argument that record labels have lost touch with what music fans want".
