Video Sharing – is it illegal?
This VCR is so old, it’s clock flashes 11:00…
From boingboing.net: a discussion about video sharing via Nightline circa 1981. Yep. Though it’s pretty dry stuff, it’s essentially the same discussion that’s going on now, albeit sharing is just a little easier nowadays. There’s also some small measure of irony that the videos are being shared on Youtube.com
Essentially, a rep from MCA and a lawyer discuss whether it’s illegal to use a Sony Betamax machine to record television shows. After all, back in the day home taping was going to DESTROY TELEVISION! ™ and boy were they right. Here are the 3 parts, for those who want to see in detail how far we (haven’t) come… Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
At this point sharing is so easy that conversations like this are beginning to sound archaic, even when they’re not about archaic technology. And it’s only going to get easier. The people have spoken.
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