iTunes is now basically illegal in the UK, and not because it's terrible<article>
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<p>iTunes has taken a lot of heat in the
aftermath of Apple Music’s launch, with some critics declaring that the app should be dismantled and rebuilt from scratch. But now British law has actually rendered iTunes illegal—and not because it’s so bloated that using it has become a complete pain.</p><p>The United Kingdom’s High Court just ruled that copying music from your personal CD collection to iTunes violates copyright law—and so does backing up your music library to an external hard drive or cloud storage service.
TorrentFreak asked Britain’s Intellectual Property Office if the law really means that ripping a CD to iTunes is illegal. The answer: Yes, yes it is.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2960458/legal/itunes-is-now-basically-illegal-in-the-uk-and-not-because-its-terrible.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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iTunes is now basically illegal in the UK, and not because it's terrible
