ABC "Nightline" on Home Video Legalities - 1981 (video)

Posted by Xeni Jardin, September 18, 2007 9:01 AM | permalink

Here are some clips from ABC Nightline with Ted Koppel on the copyright debate, way back in 1981. Why do contemporary news programs not make more use of the excellent "hurtling through space" effect? This makes otherwise drab legal discussions super awesome. Video 1, Video 2, Video 3. (thanks, Jack)

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#1 posted by phasor3000 , September 18, 2007 9:18 AM

Of course, that debate took place in an era when copies were analog, i.e. had generation loss, and there was no way to easily and anonymously distribute perfect copies worldwide at virtually no cost, without shipping actual physical media.

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#2 posted by Anonymous , September 18, 2007 9:41 AM

Glad someone recorded this.

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#3 posted by Jennifer Emick

, September 18, 2007 12:07 PM

Love the ASCAP report. ASCAP behaves exactly like the mob. I remember they used to come around Gilman and demand we pay for "insurance" (ie protection racket) that cost more than our rent. After we said no so many times, they turned up one night with baseball bats to "persuade" our director.