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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Obviously there are differences between e-books and TV shows, most notably in the communications mediums involved. But there are also enough similarities to provide answers to most of the questions of access, distribution, payment, theft, piracy, etc, that we've discussed here. I think we should give those similarities a serious look, with an idea of finding the true common ground to evaluate this issue.
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To me, it's the same swamp, different trees. The
Betamax decision affirmed the right to record and timeshift broadcast materials. Ok, if something is broadcast, and everybody has the right to make a recording of it, do I break the law by handing somebody else a copy of a broadcast? If I remembered to do it, and the other person forgot, why is passing it along illegal? What rights were waived by broadcasting copyright material in the first place? Some obviously, because of the
Betamax decision.
I could go on at length, but I just want to point out that broadcast world doesn't have all the answers either.