[ubuntu-uk] Format shifting vs. the Criminal Justice Act

[Jacob Mansfield]

On 3 August 2011 18:54, Tony Pursell <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Probably not.  I.e if you have a file that you can Format Shift, that will
> be legal.  Doesn't necessarily mean the only legal file formats are those
> that can be Format Shifted and it would be illegal to supply a file format
> that cannot be Format Shifted.
>

so studios would be restricted to using formats that can freely be
converted, i.e. without any DRM! :-D
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