From Betamax to Kazaa: The Real War Over Piracy. Roger Parloff.
by Parloff, Roger; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 61Business. Publisher: Fortune, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Compact discs -- Unauthorized recording | Copyright infringement | KaZaA Media Desktop (Computer program) | Napster (Computer program) | Peer-to-peer computing | Sony Corp | Sound recordings -- Pirated editions | United States Supreme Court -- Decisions | Video recordingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For two technologically eventful decades, the Betamax case--formally, Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios--has defined the tense frontier that divides the rights of entertainment companies from those of technology providers. The conflict arises from a fundamental tension. Copyright laws grant creators a monopoly over the right to reproduce and distribute their works during the term of a copyright. Technology providers make devices that enable consumers to reproduce and distribute copyrighted works--photocopying machines, VCRs, TiVo, "ripping" software, CD burners, and high-bandwidth cable and DSL lines, to name just a few. Does that mean those technology providers are facilitating copyright infringement by their customers? Must technology providers be perpetually seeking permission from entertainment companies every time they want to develop a new invention capable of reproducing a copyrighted work?" (FORTUNE) This article discusses the Betamax case and how it relates to the technology that has been developed over the past 19 years that makes it even faster and cheaper for consumers to "copy and distribute content."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: From Betamax to Kazaa: The Real War Over Piracy, Oct. 27, 2003; pp. 148+.
"For two technologically eventful decades, the Betamax case--formally, Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios--has defined the tense frontier that divides the rights of entertainment companies from those of technology providers. The conflict arises from a fundamental tension. Copyright laws grant creators a monopoly over the right to reproduce and distribute their works during the term of a copyright. Technology providers make devices that enable consumers to reproduce and distribute copyrighted works--photocopying machines, VCRs, TiVo, "ripping" software, CD burners, and high-bandwidth cable and DSL lines, to name just a few. Does that mean those technology providers are facilitating copyright infringement by their customers? Must technology providers be perpetually seeking permission from entertainment companies every time they want to develop a new invention capable of reproducing a copyrighted work?" (FORTUNE) This article discusses the Betamax case and how it relates to the technology that has been developed over the past 19 years that makes it even faster and cheaper for consumers to "copy and distribute content."
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