Posted 3/27/2024, 2:47:00 PM
Supreme Court Ruling in 1984 Made Home Recording of TV Shows Legal, Turning VCR Owners Into Home Movie Collectors
- Until 1984, recording TV shows with a VCR was controversial and led to a Supreme Court case between Disney, Universal, and Sony
- The Supreme Court ruled that home recording of TV shows is legal
- The ruling turned VCR owners from potential outlaws to legal home movie collectors
- The story mentions the '80s trend of buying wild home phones instead of leasing dull phones
- It also references some retro technologies like 1970s briefcase computers costing $8,000 today and 1990s video phones