On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:00:02 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote:
> Hi All! > http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/4861776.htm > Interesting story ... > Intel, HP and M$ fear that too strict restrictions will harm their $$$ > "They hope to convince Congress that strict copy-protection legislation setting > technological mandates would stifle innovation, harm consumers and threaten an > already-suffering tech industry." The motion picture industry and the recording industry have long accepted the right of consumers to record televison and radio programs for private personal use. Also the private re-recording of copyright protected music to cassette tapes for private, personal use was legal and protected by the courts under the "fair use" doctrine. I, for one, don't see what differance it makes legally for the medium of recording to be more advanced technologically. Recording is recording. To be prevented from using a new medium of recording in ways that previously had been legal and acceptable is of great harm to consumers and obviously stifles innovation. I don't think it will be tolerated. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
