Author: George Toft Date: Subject: Beating a dead horse - Consumer Broadband and Digital Television
Promotion Act
Alan Dayley wrote: >
> I must be dense today. I'm not sure I follow you.
>
Title 17 United States Code (Copyright Law) allows fair use,
like you say. Have you ever tried to copy a DVD through
a VCR? It plays fine, but when you hit the record button,
whamo! Macrovision kicks in and your copy is worthless.
So the USC says I can copy, but Hollywood says I can't.