Ipod's illegal in Australia

COPYING MUSIC to Apple's wonderfully designed digital juke box, the Ipod, is illegal in Australia, according to legal experts.

Apparently while the US and the UK have a semblance of a fair use copyright law, Australia doesn't and anyone who has copied songs from a CD onto an iPod or computer hard drive has fallen foul of the law. According to the Sydney Morning Herald more than 100,000 Australians listen to music on such digital music players. So that is a lot of potential convicts.

The Australian Inspector Hacker of the Yard has not exactly been rushing to finger the collar of the pirates. In fact so far he has been metaphorically been leaning on a lamp post, swinging his truncheon and whistling, as the countless lawbreakers walk by with their MP3 swag.

A police spokesman said that it was unlikely that the Australian Federal Police would investigate individuals for offences such as illegally copying a CD… yet. The truth is that no-one has officially made a complaint. µ