To: ArcLight
It will be interesting to see the results of any appeal that makes it to the Supremes. The video recorder comparison is drawn from Sony's successful defense against the movie studios in the Betamax case, the victory that legalized home video taping. I work for their electronics arm and remeber telling one of our VP's that our stance on file sharing would ultimately be defeated by our own prior arguments. Very interesting.
16 posted on
04/25/2003 12:08:02 PM PDT by
mitchbert
(Facts are Stubborn Things)
To: mitchbert
Ugh.
remeber = remember. Preview twice, post once...
22 posted on
04/25/2003 12:09:19 PM PDT by
mitchbert
(Facts are Stubborn Things)
To: mitchbert
So the Betamax decision has survived the new copyright law! Very interesting.
To: mitchbert
Well, looks like the court nailed it. Not bad...not bad at all.
29 posted on
04/25/2003 12:13:56 PM PDT by
July 4th
To: mitchbert
So the Betamax decision [MIGHT] survive the new copyright law... [duh]
What are the chances that Congress "fixes" this???
To: mitchbert
I argue this all the time based on those cases--didn't they come to an agreement to place a flat royalty fee per recording machine & blank tapes produced (audio and video) as a way to compensate the content industry?
81 posted on
04/25/2003 12:44:54 PM PDT by
Destro
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