The Future End of Classic Computing

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Tue Apr 2 13:07:28 2002

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.

        Doc
Received on Tue Apr 02 2002 - 13:07:28 BST