Is the Analog Hole Legislation the Silver Bullet to Fair Use Rights?

[Chris Gohlke]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/1902/is_the_analog' target='_blank'>http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/1902/is_the_analog</a><br /><br /></div><i>"As technology users, it's our duty to keep track of the constantly developing landscape of consumer rights versus those of content providers. It's a struggle that dates back to the introduction of the VCR and is still going strong today. The latest entry into this struggle is a scary one and is possibly as big of a threat as the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: The Digital Transition Security Act. Created by Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and John Conyers (D-MI), the "Analog Hole Legislation" aims to curb piracy that (supposedly) occurs when an analog signal is encoded digitally and redestributed in violation of existing copyright laws."</i><br /><br />David over at eHomeUpgrade has a nice analysis of the potential impacts of this legislation. I never cease to be amazed at the way our representatives look out for the citizenry. :evil: If something like this comes to pass, our pre-legislation PVRs could be worth a lot of money on the black market.

[bluemax]

Is this how the entertainment business is going to force us to pay for content every time we want to watch/listen/view?

By limiting the delay to 90 minutes, you will not be able to go out for the evening and view last night's programs. Or even see that soap you recorded earlier today. It will be gone! So, the only way you can see programming after the fact is to have a very high speed internet connection and download it from a service such as iTunes or Vongo. So, we keep paying and paying and paying yet again to view that program.

Bill B.