Thread: Proposed Legislation Would Legalize Removal of eBook DRM in U.S.
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Old 05-12-2013, 02:18 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
You're certainly right about the makers of BluRay recorders not entering the US market, but I'm not so sure about your point about the right to time-shift being unable to be exercised. Most US TV programmes are transmitted with "record once" DRM, which means that they can be recorded on hard disk recorders (ie TiVo-style devices). That allows them to be watched with time-shifting (in accordance with the Betamax decision), but the hard disk recording can't then be copied to any other medium (eg DVD or BluRay) for permanent storage. That seems like a pretty reasonable interpretation of the Betamax decision.
Why do you think that a Tivo recording can't be copied? I can copy a Tivo recording to my computer, and convert it to .mp4 format and put it on my tablet to watch it later. All perfectly legal, and done with software that I got with my Tivo. My Tivo box also has the option to send it directly to VCR or DVDr directly from the Tivo device.

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