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20 Year Anniversary of Home Taping Decision

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. Re:"The controversy over batteries for iPods" by Lochin+Rabbar · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure Mr Lawson will be delighted to hear from you. He can now boast he receives fanboy email.