Petition Reinstate the private copying exception, allowing people to rip their own CDs

Last year the coalition government legalised the copying of CDs and MP3 files for personal use. A few weeks ago that regulation was quashed by the High Court.

We want the government to revise the private copying exception so that it complies with the ruling, and reinstate it.

More details

For more information about the private copying exception and the decision to overturn it, read this article: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/17/high-court-quashes-regulations-copy-cds-musicians

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

185 signatures

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Date closed 7 February 2016
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