Oops! Italy Accidentally Legalizes MP3 Sharing

Iria · Feb 2, 2008, 05:38 PM

Source: Tech-Ex
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MP3 is a lossy format - meaning you lose quality from the original. Because of that fact, wording in a recently passed Italian law may have just made trading MP3 files legal.

Al_Vampyre · Feb 3, 2008, 11:25 AM

lol...forza Italia!

bug77 · Feb 3, 2008, 07:51 PM

Well, it says scientifical or educational use only...

But I remember that Canada passed a law prohibiting any copy of copyrighted material, in any form. And people were asking themselves if caching would become illegal, too

Feb 2, 2008, 05:38 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Oops! Italy Accidentally Legalizes MP3 Sharing Source: Tech-Ex __________ MP3 is a lossy format - meaning you lose quality from the original. Because of that fact, wording in a recently passed Italian law may have just made trading MP3 files legal.

Feb 3, 2008, 11:25 AM	#2
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	lol...forza Italia! __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Feb 3, 2008, 07:51 PM	#3
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	Well, it says scientifical or educational use only... But I remember that Canada passed a law prohibiting any copy of copyrighted material, in any form. And people were asking themselves if caching would become illegal, too