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...Supreme Court says a VCR switch in time is not a crime...
...then settle back in the Barcalounger to watch the episode of Cheers that you missed last Thursday because of the lasagna dinner at your mother-in-law's. No more guilt or anxiety. No video SWAT team is going to swoop down on your living room, disconnect your VCR, and confiscate the collection of I Love Lucy videotapes that you've been recording for a rainy day. It's all legal...
...India it is a sign of status. In Saudi Arabia it is a virtual oasis in a cultural desert. In China it is a window on a forbidden world. It is the video cassette recorder (VCR). As sales of the machine move into fast forward around the world (Japanese manufacturers, the world's leaders, have shipped 3.5 million units to Europe during the first three quarters of this year, a leap of 196% over last year), it threatens to replace the television aerial as the most familiar symbol of the global village...
...Middle East is a treasure trove of VCRs. A Sony official said last year that 20% of the company's VCR production was sold there. Saudi Arabia bans cinemas, bars, nightclubs and theaters, and its local television operates under censorship so strict that even affectionate pecks between husband and wife are too profane for the small screen. Little wonder, then, that well-to-do Saudis snap up VCRs and cassettes, especially of R-and X-rated fare. VCRS and cassettes are banned in Iran, but thousands have been smuggled in by wealthy Iranians. In Egypt, where the per capita...
...Saved by the Numbers" [Dec. 14] correctly labels the arrival of the videocassette recorder (VCR) as "the home revolution." But the article fails to mention the would-be victims of the new technology-those writers, actors, set builders and others who create motion pictures and other quality programming for television. The property rights of these artists are ignored every time someone tapes a program without compensation to the copyright owner. Unless Congress comes up with an equitable formula for protecting copyright owners whose programs get taped, much of their work may disappear from the free TV market altogether...