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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/06/05 19:25
In article <64s1k1lkt9qegu0588364beegr8gi7bqt1@4ax.com>,
Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 23:59:19 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
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>>By 2008 everything will shut down gradually on recording.
>>
>>You keep insisting that 'something' will make it possible. Only for
>>lawbreakers.
>
>There's another way: class action lawsuit. I believe the old ruling
>that allowed time shifting when lawsuit was filed against VCR by big
>name studios some 20 years ago. The right to record anything for
>later viewing remained and I'm sure it still remains today.
That was the Betamax case. Disney vs Sony [actually a user who had
a Betamax].
The ruling was that it was legal to record anything that was
>>BROADCAST<< and does not apply to such things as cable networks
or satellite networks.
The idea was that since it was free for viewing by anyone who had a
receiver it was legal to record it.
I do remember when I was filling out some logs for Nielsen and I
asked them something like "how do I put things down that I record
and watch later".
They said they'd call me back. They said I should log those as
being watched.
At that time there were only between 50,000 and 75,000 VCRs in US
homes, and mine was a Sony 7200 - 1 hour on $18.00 tapes.
Technology seems to sneak up on companies like Nielsen when they
weren't paying attention.
Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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