Re: [dvd-discuss] Felten Opp to DoJ Motion to Dismiss

[Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>]

> key point in copyright which the courts have missed. Namely, the copyright 

I don't think the courts have missed it, consumers have had the recognized
right of "time shifting" (recording to watch later) and "space
shifting" (copying from one media to another" for quite some time.

> is upon the fixation of the idea but NOT the media in which it is fixed. 
> When I purchase  a copy in any media, I gain the right to possess a copy 
> IN ANY MEDIA.  That the types of media has increased ten fold in the 20th 
> century and the subsequent resale of works in new media has caused 
> confusion of the media with the copyright. To mangle Marshall Macluen-The 
> media is not the message.

-- noah silva