Betamax

In the 1980s, Sony invested tons of money in Betamax, a video tape format that competed with VHS.

Sony's Betamax busts, Blu-ray conquers? 2008

My cow-orker Ren Bucholz has done a magnificent and pithy analysis of the parallels between the 1983 Supreme Court arguments in Betamax, in which the studios argued that the VCR should be criminalized, and last week's arguments in the 9th Circuit Appeals Court in Grokster, in which the recording industry argued the same thing about P2P file-sharing networks:

Boing Boing: February 8, 2004 - February 14, 2004 Archives 2004

By 1984, the legal side of the conflict as opposed to the political side was decided by the United States Supreme Court, which found in favor of Sony and against the studios in what was known as the Betamax case, Universal v.

The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

By 1984, the legal side of the conflict as opposed to the political side was decided by the United States Supreme Court, which found in favor of Sony and against the studios in what was known as the Betamax case, Universal v.

The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

By 1984, the legal side of the conflict as opposed to the political side was decided by the United States Supreme Court, which found in favor of Sony and against the studios in what was known as the Betamax case, Universal v.

The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

By 1984, the legal side of the conflict as opposed to the political side was decided by the United States Supreme Court, which found in favor of Sony and against the studios in what was known as the Betamax case, Universal v.

The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

I’m pretty sure that Betamax is going to make a come-back.

The Buzz on the Retroist Forum for February 15, 2010 - The Retroist 2010

Both the trial court and 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted them safe harbor from secondary infringement under broad interpretations of a seminal opinion from the 1980s dealing with the liability of VCR makers, known as the Betamax case.

The Real Lesson of Grokster Wired News 2005

Both the trial court and 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted them safe harbor from secondary infringement under broad interpretations of a seminal opinion from the 1980s dealing with the liability of VCR makers, known as the Betamax case.

One way or another, Music Industry Must Change their Tune | Impact Lab 2005

Universal known as the Betamax decision the Court ruled that because VCRs have legitimate uses, the technology is legal—even if some people use it to copy movies.

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