it is called the “Betamax Decision” and was made by the US Supreme Court back in the 70’s. That decision gives you the legal right to make as many backup copies of ANY dvd-software-cd’s that you own, the only exception is that you have to have a store purchased version for thi...
Finally, the District Court discussed the respondents' prayer for injunctive relief, noting that they had asked for an injunction either preventing the future sale of Betamax machines, or requiring that the machines be rendered incapable of recording copyrighted works off the air. The court stated ...
Although Betamax video format was successful, Sony failed to establish it as an industry standard, allowing competitors to develop the VHS (video home system) format, which was in-facttechnically superiorto Betamax. Gradually, VHS not only overtook Betamax in popularity, but also rendere...
seem to want to re-write the BetaMax vs VHS outcome figuring that, if they’re a monopoly, they will have all of a huge market, not all of a tiny market. I suspect that a more open– Android based?– console might be the VHS to Sony’s BetaMax3. (sighs) It is bad enough that...
camera and recorder to go on sale and for the size of tape, it is a very compact and well designed unit Sony's Betamax video uses 1/2" home video cassettes. Betamax video recorders were also sold by Toshiba, Pioneer, Sanyo, Aiwa, NEC, Zenith Electronics, and WEGA. The Betamax format...
I still use my Betamax for taping, so I'll have no problem using abandonware CLIEs for a long time to come. Sorry Palm, but the shoddy construction of every new Palm since the Vx means I could never buy a Palm-branded PDA again... I borrowed a Tungsten E a few weeks ago - I ...
Don't forget about betamax and wanting to won the market.And why is it that Cd's and DVD's are so expensive when the disks are so cheap themselves.At least with LP's you felt like you were getting something for your money. 0Likes 0Dislikes 0InformativesReply ...