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Re:European Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Users to Rip The... by makeitsuckless on Saturday June 20, 2015 @03:30AM (#9749291)
In other news: not single person who rips their own CDs in all of Europe will give a crap.

Also, the only people still buying CDs don't rip them, and the rest of us have ripped their last CD over a decade ago.

The actual impact of this decision is close to zero, and therefor not a strong argument for copyright reform. Many countries still have outdated laws on the books nobody bothers with, making noise about this just gives the impression copyright reform isn't urgent.

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Re:European Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Users to Rip The... by dmoo on Saturday June 20, 2015 @04:07AM (#9749337)
Exactly, I'm old enough to have many hundreds of CDs, cassettes and vinyl, it's quicker to download an album that I own than to go and look for it around the house let alone including the time to rip it.
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