The Personal Video Recorder perversion
While news that Australia's copyright law will be updated is welcome -- so copying CDs onto a digital music player is no longer illegal -- there's still plenty to dislike about the proposed new regime.At first glance, by far the stupidest aspect of the proposal is the suggestion that recording programs -- onto a DVD recorder, a hard drive, or even an old-fashioned VHS tape -- will be legal, but people will only be able to watch such programs once.