[opendtv] Re: MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:04:32 -0400
dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Naturally. But if a movie is released to an MVPD, I would think that
this is giving one access to the movie. Now that one has access, would
it not be "fair use" to record the movie on a DVR to view later? Or am
I missing your point?
If I sell my book, and you buy it (or look at it in a library) and quote
it, that's fair use. If I hold it in front of you and flash it open and
closed, and you say, "Open it again; I couldn't read it," and I say,
"No," there's nothing about fair use that says that I have to open it
again for you. So, if content is made available to be seen for a
certain time period but not recorded, there's nothing about fair use
that requires it to be made available for recording.
TTFN,
Mark
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