02-02-2009, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by gideongallery
100% totally wrong
daisy chain enough vcrs together and you commit mass distribution. Put the copied tapes in video store, and you can commit mass distribution.
The fact that the technology CAN be used infringe does not make the technology infringing. if it did the VCR would be illegal
The VCR is legal because the timeshifting act is fair use, and therefore outside the scope copyright holders exclusive rights. IT is a legitimizing use of the technlogy, which prevents the whole scale elimination/blockage of the technology.
an ISP level blockade would represent similar such blockage of the technology, and would therefore face anti-trust/fair use legal challenges.
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Nice try sport.
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