Re:Bastards.. (Score 1)

The only reason we don't face restrictions on VCR use is because of the lack of good technology for it. The Universal v. Sony case in the early 80s nearly made VCRs completely illegal. Sony won by a 5-4 vote in the Supreme Court and that was only after the case was heard twice because one justice couldn't decide. And if you read that decision, library building was declared copyright infringement. The only "fair use" of a VCR was time-shifting. But that implied the user eventually erases the content. No one actually did that but that doesn't mean keeping it is legal. The bottom line is that as consumers we enjoy the new freedom PVRs bring us. And although we don't want restrictings placed on these devices, its the law, not the companies, that makes this decision. If you want to see a change, change the law.