On June 1st, It will be safe to rip CD’s at least in the UK.

✎ CJ Magowan | 🕑 04.01.2014

Keeping up with the modern era, the UK has set to legalize ripping CD’s as it point its direction to the digital age. The UK government has published its final piece of Exceptions to Copyright Regulations for consideration in the parliament. Like other parts of the world, the UK has been battling with piracy problems for years as contents now move into digital media.

Before the realization of the new law, it was illegal to format shift audio, video formats from optical media’s and even digital ebooks for that matter. Under the new law, citizens in the country could finally feel at ease from ripping their own copies of CD’s or DVD movies for their own consumption.

Moreover, users whos media’s were protected by DRM will have the right to complain regarding it’s lack of access to protected content, When proved reasonable, the Secretary of State has the power to direct copyright owners to give users the privilege to access the contents being protected by DRM. The Law also provides the right to quote another persons work without the hassle of being sued provided that the said quotation is fairly used and benefit both parties.

The law is but with exemption, users are entitled to rip CD’s into portable media formats such as MP3 and AAC in one copy and for personal use only. Users who wished to share with friends and other family members may do so provided that only the primary copy of the copyrighted material/s is shared and any duplicates of the said copy should be deleted.

The new law will take effect on the 1st day of June 2014 and on that day onward, users can do whatever they want with the multimedia contents that they have brought as long as they stay within the limits of the new law.