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Re:Obama Supports $675,000 File Sharing Verdict by wglb on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @03:21PM (#1065670)
But in a way, isn't there a precedent in mass torts and an effective change in practice? When video recorders came out, it was clearly forbidden to record programs off the air. Enough people did it that there wasn't any prosecution, and there was eventually a settlement that validated this practice?
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Re:Obama Supports $675,000 File Sharing Verdict by tptacek on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @03:25PM (#1065684)
The practice that was validated was time-shifting content that was provided for free over the public airwaves.
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Re:Obama Supports $675,000 File Sharing Verdict by robryan on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @04:14PM (#1065803)
With a VHS you had to fast forward the ads and still be somewhat exposed to them, I think now TV networks are more worried by the fact you can easily skip them all together.
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