Goodbye VHS, Fair Use Right Lost


	Goodbye VHS, Fair Use Right Lost

Balzac

12-19-2006 10:28 PM

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<STRONG>BILL HAMMACK:</STRONG> Back in the 1980s, the Supreme Court ruled VCR makers couldn't be held liable for copyright infringement.
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That gave consumers the right to make personal copies of TV shows and movies using a VCR. 
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The new digital media that are erasing the VHS format are also erasing our rights.
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A few years ago, a Judge issued a catch-22 ruling: Yes, she said, we can copy commercial DVDs too.  But no one can sell the software to do that. 
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In effect, that lets a content producer, the copyright owner, code their own intellectual property law into the DVD.
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What's wrong with what? I mean surely only criminals would like to copy, right? 
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Well, wait a minute.  
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The U.S. has a long history of fair use:  You have the right to cut out and frame a New Yorker cartoon. Or photocopy a newspaper article.
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Fair use also catalyzes innovation and allows us to talk about ourselves, to create culture. 
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