Is 'Fair Use' in Peril?

Technology Review ^ | November 19, 2004 | Eric Hellweg

[JoJo Gunn]

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[driftless]

Arresting people for fastforwarding through commercials? This has got to be the biggest joke congress has ever played on the american public. Any pol who sponsors stupidity like that can kiss reelection chances goodbye. What sheer insanity. Just how would they police something like? This whole article is satire, right? I must be dreaming. Sheesh.

[atomicpossum]

I wonder if TiVo is gathering statistics on the prevalence of fast forwarding through commercials.

This is why you don't connect the phone line to your TiVo. No data uploads.

[6SJ7]

I believe that the American people are conservative. I'm hopeful that eventually, through their participation, we will get a Conservative majority in American politics.

The blogosphere is helping in that regard; fact-checking the ol' MSM that formerly had free rein to shape public opinion through propaganda. The MSM still follows the old play book, but thankfully now they get caught when they lie.

[aligncare]

Got my Journalism degree in the late 70's. The media landscape has certainly changed for the better, due in part to Rush Limbaugh's enormous success in the 80's and to the Internet.

The MSM had an elite world view and controlled the means by which to shape public perceptions: With every story, the subtext was...Democrats good; Republicans bad - blah, blah, blah.