![]() ![]() Diamond) is a minor miracle birthed from a legal battle that I doubt Sony was at all interested in fighting. The fact that MP3 players were even allowed to exist (see RIAA v. ![]() Any and all consumer audio recording technology had to prevent second-generation digital copies via SCMS. As a result, the law was about 20 steps ahead of technology. The music industry was very adamant back in the 70s and 80s that consumers shouldn't have access to audio recording technology, especially not digital copies. This is hilariously wrong, looking back on it. SONY tried user-friendly copying and nearly got banned from the US for their trouble.Ī common refrain during the Napster lawsuit was that "the law needs to catch up to technology".
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