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20 Year Anniversary of Home Taping Decision

Posted by michael on from the devil-in-the-details dept.

jemnery writes "It's worth noting that January 17th is the 20th anniversary of the US Supreme Court's decision in favour of Sony to allow home taping of broadcast programmes. This is something we all take for granted these days, but at the time it was a close-run thing. You can read about case no. 81-1687 here." The Guardian has a commentary.

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  1. 30 second skip on TiVo by runlvl0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...the absence of a 30-second skip button or automated skipping feature on the TIVO...

    select - play - select - 3 - 0 - select

    Unadvertised, but there. Voila.

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