Germany Says Copying of DVDs, CDs Is Verboten 230
Billosaur writes "In what can only be seen as the opening salvo in an attempt to control what users can do with content, the German parliament has approved a controversial copyright law which will make it illegal to make copies of CDs and DVDs, even for personal use. The Bundesrat, the upper part of the German parliament, approved the legislation over the objections of consumer protection groups. The law is set to take effect in 2008, and covers CDs, DVDs, recordings from IPTV, and TV recordings." A few folks have noted that this story is incorrect. The original link seems to be down now anyway. Sorry.
In the words of a famous 'german'.. (Score:3, Funny)
Better hurry then (Score:5, Funny)
Paging Trent Reznor (Score:2, Funny)
Re:what about copying comments? (Score:1, Funny)
So sad. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:what about copying comments? (Score:2, Funny)
That's REALLY impressive! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In the words of a famous 'german'.. (Score:2, Funny)
Surprise! I support this law (Score:3, Funny)
It is my belief that the best way to get rid of government is to let it collapse on itself. We need more taxes, more laws, more regulations and more actions to be considered crimes -- at all levels of government. Not only would all this new legislation and income create a more massive bureaucracy that will just stifle its ability to do anything right, but it will help open the eyes of every being in seeing what a waste government is.
I love adding new non-violent action laws to the books: all it does is make the black market that much more fruitful for those willing to take the risk. Why just stop at copying the CD and DVD to another CD or DVD? Let's make it illegal to copy ANY information off of a CD or DVD into any other form, including RAM, so that just playing it is wrong.
"Did you see that new movie? It's gorgeous, bright and shiny, and the case is really nice!"
"What's the plot?"
"I don't know, I didn't want to risk playing it. But the DVD is nice!!!"
Re:what about copying comments? (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29620 [theonion.com]