Government backs down on move to 'legalise' private copying

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'Private copying exception' would require a 'compensation mechanism' (ie: tax) under EU law

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has confirmed that the government will not seek to re-legalise private copying in the UK, after the High Court in London in reversed a 2014 law "allowing" peo...

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