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		thaumasiotes 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dealing with abandonware (2024) > Pretty sure all the arguments were already hashed out in the ‘80s when VCR companies tried to block recording television to cassette tapes. Why would VCR companies try to block this?

tracker1 16 days ago [–]

Not the VCR companies but the TV stations and Cable companies.

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