Based upon a 300-year-old law, millions of Britons are considered lawbreakers. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a British think-tank, recommends that legislation needs to be presented that will allow "private right to copy" music, and not to be looked upon the same way as the huge pirate industry is.
Ian Kearns, deputy director of the IPPR, said: "Millions of Britons copy CDs on to their home computers, breaking copyright laws every day. 
British copyright law is out of date. When it comes to protecting the interests of copyright holders, the emphasis the music industry has put on tackling illegal distribution, and not prosecuting for personal copying, is right. But it is not the industry's job to decide what rights consumers have. That is the job of Government."
One study shows that almost 60 percent of Britons believe that it's perfectly legal to copy CDs or DVDs to other devices.
Of course all of this has come about from the denial of the music industry about the changes that were taking place. Now they're stuck their slow response in providing consumers with what they demanded. Still, to change the laws to reflect the current marketplace, is at least a step in the right direction.
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