Petition · past parliament · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Make it legal to copy digital media for personal use
Closed
32 signatures
What the petition asks
We want the Government to make the act of copying digital media for personal use legal. For instance, copying music from a CD you have bought by first copying it to your computer and listening to it from there.
This should apply to copying files for personal use, as well as backups for data protection.
Despite being common practice, the act of buying an album and copying it onto an MP3 player is illegal. It is understood that the industry often turned a blind eye to people copying data for personal use - however I would like to see protection in law for doing this. This petition is not aimed to make sharing such material publicly on the internet legal.
Despite being common practice, the act of buying an album and copying it onto an MP3 player is illegal. It is understood that the industry often turned a blind eye to people copying data for personal use - however I would like to see protection in law for doing this. This petition is not aimed to make sharing such material publicly on the internet legal.
Timeline
| 30 Apr 2024 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 May 2024 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
32
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Opened
30 Apr 2024
Closed
29 May 2024
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.