01 Jul 2003
Aimster Summary

From Freedom to Tinker (Ed Feltens' weblog) comes this summary of the Aimster decision yesterday. The devil, apparently resides in the fine print in this one ....

Second, the opinion states, in a surprisingly offhand manner, that it's illegal to fast-forward through the commercials when you're replaying a taped TV show. "Commercial-skipping ... amounted to creating an unauthorized derivative work ... namely a commercial-free copy that would reduce the copyright owner's income from his original program..."

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