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Originally Posted by HarryT
DRM can certainly have an impact on the uptake of recording technologies. Take consumer BluRay recorders, for example. Commonplace items in Europe, with dozens of different ones on sale in any decent audiovisual store, but extremely rare in the US. Why? Because virtually all TV programmes in the US are transmitted with DRM which prevents them from being recorded onto external disks.
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That is something for which there is an explicit statue (DCMA), that results in a situation that has not been adjudicated. The Betamax decision clearly states the right to "time shift". DCMA prevents that right from being exercised. You never know how the SCOTUS will rule on anything, but the clear precedent would be to overrule the DCMA for "time-shifting". The SONYs of the world have found it simpler to "blow off" the US market and sell to the rest of the world, rather that fund another court case. A classic example of the "chilling effect", in action...