Board:   [DoveNet] Debate
Subject: Re: CA bill No. 1043 age
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Wed Sep 30, 2026 12:47

Subject: Re: CA bill No. 1043 age verification
@VIA: DIGDIST
  Re: Re: CA bill No. 1043 age verification
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to bbsing on Wed Sep 30 2026 07:43 am

 PF> Copyright law had something called the "analog hole". You could record an
 PF> album to cassette tape, but you couldn't then practically copy another
 PF> tape from that tape. With digital, you could make unlimited copies. Ditto
 PF> for VHS, as long as you didn't play the copy for $$$ or in a business.

With cassette tapes, it was fairly easy to make a copy of a tape with a dual cassette deck.

Nightfox

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