The law here in the UK is that it is already technically illegal to make personal copies of a legally purchased CD. Of course, you ought to be able to make copies for personal use if everyone was honest and fair-minded where an artist's livelihood is concerned. Unfortunately they are not.

Mick and I do not always agree in certain other areas but I'm with him 100% on this. The industry ought to have acted much earlier to guarantee the rights of artists. Royalties are an important part of earnings and can mean the difference between meeting or missing a mortgage payment. An artist cannot receive anything from a piratd recording. Remember that.