I think this is stated in this fashion because a few MP,s on a committee had to admit to not knowing their rights and copying their own music to a portable player, currently illegal on paper.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5041684.stmConsumers should be told exactly what they can and cannot do with songs and films they buy online, says an influential group of MPs in the UK.
The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group looked at how copy protection systems restrict the way digital movies and music can be enjoyed.
Labels on digital content should spell out how easy it is to move from gadget to gadget, said the report.
The report also called for the makers of DRM systems to be made aware of the consequences of using aggressive copy protection systems.
Firms employing DRM systems needed to be aware that using such systems in the UK would mean they "run a significant risk of being prosecuted for criminal actions".
Suw Charman, executive director of the Open Rights Group which campaigns on digital rights issues, said the organisation was pleased that the MPs had made a series of "sensible recommendations
She said that DRM was less about protecting copyright and more about creating a system in which people rent rather than own the media they spend money on.
"We think people rightly feel that once they buy something, it stays bought," she said.
I,m glad to see this type of informed and respectable report, most politicians are in tune with their constituents, the rest just take hand outs from the BPI at face value, and as we know organisations profiting from stealing the consumers rights are not folks to be listened to for a balanced debate.
