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Posted by jayembee on 10/24/06 18:11
spam@uce.gov (Citizen Bob) wrote:
> BTW, don't let the entertainment industry hoodwink you about all this
> "digital rights" crap. Sony tried to pull a fast one on the consumer
> years ago with VCRs. They tried to prevent people from recording TV
> shows. Congress told them to FOAD.
Other than the part that it involved VCRs, none of what you just said
is true.
(1) Sony was the *defendant* in the lawsuit. Sony *made* the VCRs, and
gave them the ability to record. It was the major studios, lead by
Universal and Disney, that sued Sony, claiming that recordable VCRs
allowed the violation of copyright.
(2) Congress didn't say anything, let alone "Fuck off and die." The
decision that Sony was not liable for damages if people use their
VCRs to violate copyright was made by the Supreme Court, not Congress.
(3) The decision really said very little about whether VCRs violated
copyright or not. In fact, the decision actually *does* acknowledge
that they can do so, but it also says that a consumer's right to time
shift programs by taping them and watching at a later date outweighed
any possible copyright violation that might be done with them. And
most of all, the decision was really that even if copyrights were
violated by the use of the VCR, Sony was not liable. Analogous to,
say, a chainsaw manufacturer not being liable if someone uses their
chainsaw to kill their next door neighbor.
> If I can rent it, I will so they get their filthy royalty. But if
> they do not make it available, I will find it elsewhere. And I am
> not paying more than rental to download something that has viruses
> in it or can't be copied to other media or can only be played under
> absurd conditions.
Fair enough. But you asked if you see that particular episode on DVD,
and I answered "not legally". You then asked why not, and I told you.
Whether you think it *should* be legal is irrelevant.
-- jayembee
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