tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3397288020927095635..comments2024-03-19T06:27:47.905+00:00Comments on The IPKat: ReDigi to launch in Europe: what's the legal regulation of second-hand digital files?Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-30452282071651792222013-01-21T04:33:22.210+00:002013-01-21T04:33:22.210+00:00One can see why Spotify is so awesome, not merely ...One can see why Spotify is so awesome, not merely from a "oh wow, I love that song!" perspective but also from a clarity of rights perspective (you don't own squat).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73628900011968619752013-01-20T21:09:06.944+00:002013-01-20T21:09:06.944+00:00At the most recent meeting (14 Jan 2013) of the Gr...At the most recent meeting (14 Jan 2013) of the Grand Committee of the House of Lords which is examining the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, Lord Lucas introduced an amendment (28A) which would have introduced into UK law that "Any natural person who acquires, for value and for his personal use only, the right to use a copyright may, for value or otherwise, transfer that right to any other person."<br />Admittedly this was a probing amendment, but the new IP minister, Lord Younger of Leckie, booted it into the long grass by saying this was an area where the law was changing and it needed careful consideration before such an amendment could be accepted. The irony that Parliament is supposed to be able to change the law of its own volition rather than waiting for the courts to make up their minds seems to have been lost. <br />An extract from Hansard on the exchange can be found at the foot of this page: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/130116-gc0002.htm" rel="nofollow">Hansard 14-01-2013</a>Andy Jnoreply@blogger.com