[opendtv] Re: MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:25:41 -0400 (EDT)
Good to have you back, Mark. I was thinking just the other day that your
observations were lacking in the room.
John
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 26, 2008 6:04 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies
>
>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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