[mythtv-users] Court rules commercial-skipping in recordings covered under Fair Use

[Tom Dexter]

I hadn't even heard of that case before.  The fact that there was even such
as case is air tight proof that the content industry is somewhere between
pure evil and just plain bat-shit crazy.  I like this well-duh moment:

"At the end of the day, the copies on a Hopper DVR are made "at the user's
command," the three-judge panel noted."

I mean think about it...even if they hadn't ruled that the commercials were
not copyrighted material of the content provider, what would the
alternative be??...that nobody can skip ahead on any recoded
media?...recorded shows? DVDs??...that you MUST watch all copyrighted
content only in it's entirety, in order?

The only cure for that entire broken industry would be for all of them to
go broke and be replaced by someone that actually lives in this
millennium...I swear.

Tom
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