Subj : Re: When everything is digital.. this happens..
To   : Ogg
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Feb 28 2023 06:44:00

-=> Ogg wrote to Nightfox <=-

 N> broadcast on TV is copyrighted, people are allowed to DVR
 N> it.  Years ago, there was a court ruling saying that the
 N> use of VCRs for non-commercial recording was legal, which I
 N> suppose is what set that in motion.

 Og> Here in Canada, a "tax" was imposed on blank recordable DVDs
 Og> and CDs to accommodate that scenario.

Here, too. The recording industry lobbied for a levy on any blank
recordable CD, because, as you know, recordable CDs caused the great
media crash of 1990 - you remember medic companies all filing for
bankrupcy, the images of locked office buildings, the media executives
jumping out of buildings, thousands of artists and media executives
unable to work or feed their families...

Oh, wait, that didn't happen - and I had to pay a levy to crappy record
labels to make CD backups.




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