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CAOS Forums => News and Commentary => Topic started by: Tyler on 2004-09-13T10:45:18-05:00 (Monday)

Title: Do you want your CDR and Ipod to become illegal?
Post by: Tyler on 2004-09-13T10:45:18-05:00 (Monday)
Savebetmax.org is organizing a National Save Betamax Call In Day to help stop the lawmakers from repealing it.  For those of you that don't know, the Betamax Decision said that the technology can't be held responsible for what the users do with it.  i.e. VCRs can't be made illegal because they can copy tapes and thus commit copyright infringement.  This is applicable nowadays because the RIAA and MPAA are constantly trying to outlaw technology that can enable people to copy movies and music.  If you don't want things like CDRs and Ipods made entirely illegal, I would recommend checking out their website, and not to mention the Boycott RIAA website.