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> Can we not frame a law that allows format shifting? Isn't that what was done, and the decision here is striking that law down? It looks like you can't frame
by chc 11y ago
> Can we not frame a law that allows format shifting?
Isn't that what was done, and the decision here is striking that law down? It looks like you can't frame a law that allows format shifting without paying the copyright holder of the work.
- anigbrowl 11y agoCorrect. After all, the copyright holders (who are ultimately the creators, followed by their contractual assignees) are citizens too, so if the government renders their economic relations de facto obsolete (even if negligently rather than deliberately) then they are being discriminated against through no fault of their own.