EFF Action Alerts (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Twenty-four years ago in the Sony Betamax case, the Supreme Court declared that using a VCR to "time-shift" - to record a television program for viewing at a later time - was a fair use. Today, the Second Circuit rejected [PDF] an attempt by the content industry to change the rules of the game if your video recorder is stored "in the cloud" on the Internet. In March 2006, Cablevision...
IP Democracy (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... manufacturers of which were held free from infringment liability in the Supreme Court's landmark Sony Betamax case. Writing for the court, Judge John M. Walker said that "We do not believe that an RS-DVR customer is sufficiently distinguishable from a VCR user to impose liability as a direct infringer on a different party for copies that are made automatically upon that customer’s...
All Things Digital (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... million in the first weekend), Microsoft Windows 95 ($122 million in the first four days), and the Sony Betamax (not even close at $58 million in the first seven months). But Apple just broke its own record. Assuming an average price after carrier subsidy of $433 (two-thirds 8-GByte models, one-third 16-GByte models), Apple (AAPL) just posted approximately $433 million in first weekend...
Digital Daily - All Things Digital (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... million in the first weekend), Microsoft Windows 95 ($122 million in the first four days), and the Sony Betamax (not even close at $58 million in the first 7 months). But Apple just broke its own record. Assuming an average price after carrier subsidy of $433 (2/3 8 GByte models, 1/3 16 GByte models), Apple just posted approximately $433 million in first weekend iPhone sales. Said...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
... that VCR manufacturers were not liable for copyright infringement committed by people who used the Sony Betamax recorder to tape TV shows. His decision was reversed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but the case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled that some personal copying of TV shows was legal.Ferguson's judicial career began in 1959 on the Orange County Municipal Court...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
... went to the Supreme Court, which ruled in Haywood's favor.In another 1970s case, involving the Sony Betamax recorder, Ferguson ruled that VCR manufacturers were not liable for copyright infringement committed by people who used the machines to tape TV shows. His decision was reversed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but the case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled some...
