Vince Cable, the UK business minister, has announced a raft of measures intended to update the UK's copyright laws. One of the most significant recommendations that the government plans to implement is the legalisation of "format shifting" - where users rip content from CDs or DVDs to for their own personal USE. "We are talking about big changes," said Mr Cable. Vince recently launched an attack on "rightwing nutters" in America who are trying to block the raising of the US government's debt ceiling and who are, he said, a bigger threat to the world economy than problems in the eurozone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14372698

My head is spinning with all the copyright regulation proposals on this webpage:
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/


'Not very good law'
Millions of people regularly convert movies on DVDs and music on CDs into a format that they can move around more easily, although most do not realise that it is technically ILLEGAL. The review pointed out that if you have a situation where 90% of your population is doing something, then it's not REALLY a very good law," said Simon Levine, head of the intellectual property and technology group at DLA Piper.

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My head is spinning with all the copyright regulation proposals on this webpage:
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/


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One example that would be tolerated under the new regime is the Welsh rap song Newport STATE of Mind which was based on Jay Z and Alicia KEYS' song Empire State of Mind.
Still from Dr Who, BBC Greater leniency around copyright could produce more works such as Doctor Who, some argue

Despite winning many fans on YouTube, the track was removed following a copyright claim by EMI. It is still available on other websites.

"There are all sorts of things that are genuine artistic works which are nevertheless based on parody, caricature and pastiche," said Ms Hall