Worth reminding people that Big Content Holding industry came all too close to getting VHS tapes outlawed.
> In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that Sony could continue to sell its Betamax videocassette recorder, overruling the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judgement that held Sony liable for consumers’ copyright infringement.
> In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that Sony could continue to sell its Betamax videocassette recorder, overruling the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judgement that held Sony liable for consumers’ copyright infringement.
https://consumerist.com/2014/01/17/on-this-day-in-1984-the-s...
Same s*, different decade.