tomsprat
Draw Me A "Cold One"
Premium,ExMod 2002-04
join:2000-11-03
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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| History Repeats Itself
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"Rick talked about the unauthorized use of content," Potter said. "But sometimes, unauthorized use of content is legal." He pointed to the 1984 case of Sony v. Universal, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to protect consumers who used VCRs to make personal-use copies. Copyright-protected hardware under the Hollings bill would violate consumers' rights in the digital world, Potter says.
I believe the finanl outcome will result in the same decision reached by the Supreme Court in 1984 re: VCRs, in that the consumer has the right to make copies for personal use.
I would hope, too, that this helps put an end to this continual nagging by the Entertainment Industry every time a new technology emerges. First, they fought tapes, then VCRS, and now CD and DVD recording.
Not only does this litigation delay the release of new technologies, it is costly to the American consumer. When is "enough, enough"?
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stet
Volitar Prime
join:2002-03-08
Warren, MI
| I think that the industry eventually accepted copying of older analog media because of the fact that there is so much degradation from one copy generation to the next. The great fear with digital media is that there is no degradation.
Once again I'll state that I feel they should be spending their money on trying to stop distribution instead on wasting it trying to stop the ability to play copies (which will be defeated).
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Mrhowes
join:2000-11-16
Saint Paul, MN
|  reply to tomsprat
Just a quick note for clarification. The Supreme Court decision about VCR's had to do with the recording of broadcast media (Cable, Satellite, broadcast TV), not VCR tapes and laser discs (media available at the time). This decision does not in any way apply to copyrighted non-broadcast media. So...copying copyrighted DVDs, CDs, VCR tapes, laserdiscs, etc is illegal.
I too am tired of the "Hacker" mentality that just because you can (technically) copy non-broadcast media, that is makes it OK to do. It's not.
But that's just my opinion...
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA
| Copying audio (including audio CDs) for your own use is _explicitly_ legal. Copying the rest of that stuff for personal use may or may not fall under "fair use".
However, I don't really care. When the game is rigged -- and make no mistake about it, the RIAA and MPAA have undue influence over copyright law -- there's no ethical reason not to cheat. You deal me a hand from the bottom of the deck, don't be surprised if I slip a few aces out of my sleeve
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