plugging the analog hole

[eub]

The RIAA and its cronies have been working to make fair use irrelevant in the digital domain, but here's a new one: two Congressmen of theirs are floating a draft bill to make some fair use illegal in the analog domain.

Under current copyright law, Americans who record a TV program or radio segment generally may "sell or otherwise dispose of" that analog recording or digital file as they wish.

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"If you were to take today's episode of 'E.R.' and tape it and give it to your mother, it would be copyright infringement under this bill," said Jessica Litman, a professor at Wayne State University who specializes in copyright law.

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[ex-citybird57.livejournal.com]

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OK, I give up. What was that?

[eub.livejournal.com]

No way dude, the whole plan is I don't have to reveal my WRONG hypothesis.