British Residents Can Now Make Digital Copies Of Music For Personal Use

The UK government has amended the law so people can legally back up copyrighted content they have purchased. British residents can now make digital copies of music, movies and ebooks for their own personal usage without risk of reprimand.

However, it remains illegal to remove the technical protection method (TPM) from any copyrighted content, so a barrier remains in place where a wealth of content is concerned. The coalition also declared that storing purchased material on cloud storage services is also legal, rejecting claims from some licence holders that this could be considered a form of piracy.