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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. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. YES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well now i can record a the airing of my VERY FIRST FP on TechTV!

  3. too bad, fucko by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    At least you can record yourself FAILING IT.

  4. I want my.. by Oddster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Betamax back! Those evil VHS men in white coats stole my Betamax!

    Oh wait, I wasn't even a month old when this case was decided...

    1. Re:I want my.. by Agent+Green · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      No, they didn't steal your betamax....it broke and there was nothing else to replace it with. ;)

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  5. hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have a new foebombing script

    reply to me with a username (that you're logged in as or of someone else) and I shall mark it as foe with ~128 accounts

  6. p2p is just the same by Spellbinder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if home taping is legal p2p should be legal too!!

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    stop supporting microsoft with pirating their software!!!!!
  7. i need more foes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    let's see what ya got.

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    SweetAndSourJesus

  8. "The controversy over batteries for iPods" by Ineffable+27 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The article vectors the now-debunked "great iPod battery scandal":

    "And the controversy over batteries for iPods - which seem to fail irreplaceably just after the warranty expires - may briefly rally the popularity of CDs."

    I sent an e-mail to correct the author.

    Just got a new 20 GB model yesterday. It's incredible.

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