iPod tax: UK music biz open to format shifting... for a fee
 

A recent study from the University of Hertfordshire found that 88 percent of UK residents think that ripping a CD onto an iPod is legal. Sadly, they're wrong; ripping remains illegal. But the music industry has at last embraced the radical idea that format shifting ought to be legal... with (of course) a terrific catch: the music biz wants to get paid. Under a new plan submitted last week by major UK musician groups like BPI, the Music Publishers Association, and the Music Producers Guild, format shifting would be legalized, but only onto devices that are "licensed." In other words, get ready for a new iPod tax.
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*Source: Ars Technia (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...r-a-fee.html)*

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