History and Senator Stevens’ iPod

Monday, January 30, 2006

It isn’t long but you have to read this. It’s the most encouraging thing I’ve seen in a while.

EFF: DeepLinks

And when Stevens asked whether with the audio flag in place he would be able to record from the radio and put the shows onto his iPod: that’s when the RIAA’s Mitch Bainwol really began to sweat.

With that simple question, the octogenarian Senator encapsulated arguments about place-shifting, interoperability, and fair use that would have taken whole federal dockets to explain a few years ago.

Copyright — laura

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