fun fact, Mr. Rogers testified at the Supreme Court to save format shifting, in a landmark copyright case:
“I have always felt that with the advent of all of this new technology that allows people to tape the ‘Neighborhood’ off-the-air … they then become much more active in the programming of their family’s television life. Very frankly, I am opposed to people being programmed by others. My whole approach in broadcasting has always been ‘You are an important person just the way you are. You can make healthy decisions’ … I just feel that anything that allows a person to be more active in the control of his or her life, in a healthy way, is important.”
the Court agreed with Mr. Rogers and cited him in the majority Opinion.
I use the word “archiving” because it’s a universally understood concept that even survives translation.
Yes, but format shifting is a legally defined term in the US that originated when VCRs came onto the scene.
fun fact, Mr. Rogers testified at the Supreme Court to save format shifting, in a landmark copyright case:
the Court agreed with Mr. Rogers and cited him in the majority Opinion.
He’d be unimaginably sad to see the world today.
Mr. Rogers was better than we deserved.