[1]Slashdot are running a story on the passing of the EUCD:

orbital3 writes "The UK, as of October 31, 2003, became the sixth nation to implement the laws required to comply with the European Union Copyright Directive with its Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 legislation. This is a short [2]little article about it and here is a copy of [3]the law itself."

 http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/16/2327225

This legistation was passed with no debate and no one noticed at the time. It means that you are now a criminal if you copy a CD you own...

References

1.  http://slashdot.org/
2.  http://www.vnunet.com/News/1146800
3.  http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032498.htm