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This seems kinda crazy. Is the recording industry lobby so powerful that they made this happen? Was there anything else that directly preceded this law change?

The article makes it sound retroactive as well. Is it possible the UK will round up numerous people with large collections for prosecution?

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This isn't actually a new law but the overturning of a new law passed last year that explicitly legalized these things. The law now is as it was when iTunes was originally introduced.

Story about the passage of the now-overturned law: https://torrentfreak.com/uk-government-legalizes-cd-ripping-...

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