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How rubbish has the weather been this week!? When it hasn’t been raining it’s been snowing, and when it can’t make up its mind it’s been doing some strange mixture of whatever it has left to throw at as! I realise it’s still Winter, but it really makes you pine for some good old sunshine doesn’t it!?

Now I have recently been carrying out the not insignificant task of importing my entire music collection onto my computer so that I can carry it around with me on my iPhone. Unfortunately I have discovered today that although I own all these CDs, and indeed bought them all new, and paid full price what I am doing is actually illegal under copyright law!!!

As reported by the BBC the consumer watchdog “Consumer Focus” have revealed that due to vastly out of date copyright law millions of people have been unknowingly breaking the law. This came to light when the group carried out a poll revealing that 73% of those asked were unaware that under current law it is illegal to copy media from a CD or DVD onto a computer or MP3 player for their own use. Thankfully no one is being prosecuted for this particular misdemeanour, and the point is merely being utilised to demonstrate how out of date this area of the law actually is, and thus the need to revamp it.

On the plus side here we are halfway through the week, and although the weather is rubbish it’s sure to get better soon, so in the meantime here is a picture of sunnier climes to try and cheer us all up a bit!