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6. It was very big...

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 07:08 PM

Jan 2021

Of course, there was later a compromise made wherein there was a "tax" on all VCRs and blank tapes paid to the film/television studios, in exchange for not trying to get Congress to rewrite the copyright laws.

And, of course, there's the irony of it being described as a victory for Sony and setback for the motion-picture studios, since now Sony is one of the largest studios in the world.

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