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The UK has decided to legalise copying of CDs or DVDs onto digital music players or computers for personal use. Business Secretary Vince Cable is expevted to make the announcement regarding the government’s decision today.

Earlier this year, Professor Ian Hargreaves had made the recommendations in a review of Britain's intellectual property framework on Prime Minister David Cameron's request.

The professor of digital economy at Cardiff School of Journalism had discovered that the country's copyright laws which exists from the last 300 years were obstructing innovation and growth of the economy and suggested that a shake-up could add nearly 8 billion pounds to the state's coffers.

Copying of CDs or DVDs is already legal in European countries except in Britain, Ireland and Malta. The step will enable consumers to copy a CD onto another device like an iPod or personal computer.

It will however not allow consumers to share content over the internet without copyright owners' permission.