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Making the world safe for BETAMAX

Here's what you may have forgotten about the landmark Supreme Court case known formally as Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.; informally as "The Betamax case:" The decision was all set to go Universal's way -- and against "fair use time-shifting" -- until Justice John Paul Stevens pulled two votes out of his, um, the fire (Brennan and O'Connor), thus ensuring to this very day the dominant market position of Betamax.

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