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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
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We're organizing a national call-in day. The plan is: Senators who are
siding with Hollywood against the public interest will receive a
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Sounds like they are just siding with the more-money companies against the small-money companies. Standard "good for jobs, good for the economy" policy.
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Vaguely related. Very interesting and highly entertaining: Here in the UK we've been subjected to a campaign trying to peruade us that DVD piracy funds terrorism. This guy exposes it a s a pack of lies-
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September 9th, 2004, 07:38 AM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
I have always wondered why video recorders are legal. You can't copy commercial tapes, yet you can copy anything on TV.
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September 9th, 2004, 03:23 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
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I have always wondered why video recorders are legal. You can't copy commercial tapes, yet you can copy anything on TV.
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Fair use. I pay for the television service. I don't have to watch a show immediately when it airs. I can record it and watch it later. I may have been at work, or at dinner, sleeping, or any other number of reasons. |
September 9th, 2004, 04:32 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
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I have always wondered why video recorders are legal. You can't copy commercial tapes, yet you can copy anything on TV.
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Fair use. I pay for the television service. I don't have to watch a show immediately when it airs. I can record it and watch it later. I may have been at work, or at dinner, sleeping, or any other number of reasons.
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You pay for television service? Television is free. Like radio.
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September 9th, 2004, 04:35 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
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You pay for television service? Television is free. Like radio.
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Broadcast television of a handful of syndicated network channels, yes. There are a lot of stations for which you have to pay for cable, satellite, etc. acces to see... such as Comedy Central and Sci Fi channel. |
September 9th, 2004, 05:56 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
In the Uk we actually have "Television Liscenses" which is basically paying for even 'terestial' television. Then we pay extra for "satelite" television.
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September 12th, 2004, 12:02 PM
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You pay for television service? Television is free. Like radio.
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Broadcast television of a handful of syndicated network channels, yes. There are a lot of stations for which you have to pay for cable, satellite, etc. acces to see... such as Comedy Central and Sci Fi channel.
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Those are services. The rules are very different for services and FCC licensed channels. There are many things that your TV might receive thru cable and satellite like music or pay-per-view movies or even interactive tv like webtv or internet. All of those have very different rules.
In fact, in the case of THOSE services you are very limited in saying "I pay for and have a right". The aired channels will give you alot of rights. The private services can be much more restricted.
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
That's the same sort of drivel that RIAA has been pushing on Capitol Hill. The narrow cynicism of this industry is beyond belief. Whatever the concern of the day is, RIAA pops up and claims that P2P trading on the internet is supporting it. Drugs, porn, terrorism. Anything that gets people excited they immediately send some 'expert' to claim that the P2P networks are carrying it, or supporting it.
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