Isn't this a bit equivalent to owning a TV (pre-internet days) that refuses to allow you to mute the sound during the advertising segments? How about taping su

Isn't this a bit equivalent to owning a TV (pre-internet days) that refuses to allow you to mute the sound during the advertising segments? How about taping such television shows for your own personal use, while cutting out the advertisements? What about loaning (or copying) such videotapes so others can watch them? See for example, these historical discussions from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1984/01/22/the-right-to-bear-videotape/dd4879b2-cbdf-4175-b15c-78df39c38eb8/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1984/01/22/t... > (1984) "Several Hollywood studios sued Sony, a manufacturer of VCRs, seeking money damages and an injunction against sales. The studios charged that Sony was responsible for copyright infringements. A lower court held that there was no infringement in recording material broadcast over public airwaves. An appeals court reversed, holding Sony liable for "contributory infringement." The Supreme Court has reversed that, saying that Sony is not liable because Congress has not spoken clearly about this practice." See also, this 2012 discussion of that case: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/the-court-case-that-almost-made-it-illegal-to-tape-tv-shows/251107/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/the-c... There were even technologies introduced to automate the process, and IIRC, some were able to automatically skip over the advertisements when auto-taping the shows (1991): https://buffalonews.com/news/vcr-plus-will-make-taping-shows-simple/article_91a488cc-9f0a-56ba-8184-bb9a9e9c5a84.html https://buffalonews.com/news/vcr-plus-will-make-taping-shows...