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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
And it took a 5-4 SCOTUS ruling (the Betamax decision). The iPod didn't come out until after another SCOTUS ruling (The Macromedia decision) allowed it's legality.
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As you and Crich point out, the content industry has a long (and sad) history of fighting tooth and nail against innovations that might actually help them make more profit.
The VCR is a great example -it turned out to be one of the most profitable technologies for the movie industry in its history. Removing the anti-circumvention provisions in the DMCA could similarly help the content industry, but they're too shortsighted to realize that.