Piracy effectively legal in the UK!

[Burek]

Ka-pi96 said:

Burek said:

This is not the same as Megaupload and such... It is to protect consumers, as EU copyright laws, which UK is conforming to here, say that you can share anything you want as much as you want, as long as you are not charging for it and profiting of it.

Megaupload paid money to uploaders depending on the traffic, they will still be illegal everywhere.

Ah, so they will only allow it as long as there is no money involved? That makes sense I suppose.

Yes, this similar law is in effect in Croatia for 4-5 years already. They don't even send letters or e-mails.

Basically, you can download and upload whatever you want if no money is involved. The deal has been struck with the copyright holders in a way that every recordable media (CD, DVD, USB, HDD etc.) is taxed at the register an extra percent, which is then distributed to our version of RIAA/MPAA.