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IP: Dan Gillmor: Entertainment industry's copyright fight puts consumers in cross hairs
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 09:05:01 -0500
It is clear that it is time to stop these high spending companies from putting us in chains djf Dan Gillmor: Entertainment industry's copyright fight puts consumers in cross hairs By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist If the business people who rule the entertainment industry had been as powerful 25 years ago as they are today, you'd be breaking the law if you set your videocassette recorder to tape your favorite Olympic event for later viewing. The VCR, assuming the entertainment industry would have allowed a manufacturer to sell it, would not have a fast-forward button because it would let you skip through the commercials without viewing them. As for tape recorders, you would not have been able to make a copy of the music you just bought so you could play it in your car. ... http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2658555.htm ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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