2 Apr
2002
2 Apr
'02
5:07 a.m.
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
In the Betamax case, the US Supreme court said that if
there is ANY
legitimate use of a device, then it is legal, even if most uses are
illegal. (Warner Bros said that the primary purpose of a VCR was to make
illegal copies (off the air) of copyrighted movies; Sony said that MOST
VCR owners connect a camera and make home movies (porno?))
If that _was_ Sony's view, the home-porn thing, it would be really
ironic. VCRs killed erotica-as-art dead as rocks in the US.
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