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June 08, 2005
30th Anniversary of the Consumer VCR Yesterday
Posted by Ernest Miller
Holy cow! How could I have missed this? Yesterday, the consumer VCR celebrated its 30th birthday here in the USA, according to the Cedar Valley Courier (On Its 30th Birthday, the VCR Begins Its Goodbyes). Actually, I'm not sure where they got that date. There seem to be several different possibilities for dating the first consumer VCR in the US.
The 1975 debut of the video cassette recorder forever changed American television viewing habits, but with the advent of new technology, the VCR may be entering its final decade.
And, had a tremendous impact on copyright law, innovation, consumer expectations, Hollywood, you name it.
Mark Johns, professor of communication studies at Luther College in Decorah, says the time-shift idea of watching shows at one's leisure is here to stay. And while technology will continue to improve the way we do that, the VCR lit the match that sparked the home entertainment fire.
Yep, whatever the actual birthday is.
via PVR Wire
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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