In Australia, the telco Optus is offering a PVR service, to record free to air movies and play it back over wireless. The media companies are starting to scream

In Australia, the telco Optus is offering a PVR service, to record free to air movies and play it back over wireless. The media companies are starting to scream copyright as well. I couldn't help thinking that the law isn't very well placed to handle the digitalisation of information. For instance, fashion design is not copyrightable, but a business method is. What if you had an algorithm that generates a fashion, then which law gets precedence?