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Home videotaping gets the OK

Movie makers lose court action against home video taping. Supreme Court rules no copyright law has been infringed.

Movie makers lose court action against home video taping. Supreme Court rules no copyright law has been infringed.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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14 minutes

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RoleContributor
PresenterAlistair Cooke

Broadcasts

  • Fri 20 Jan 198421:15
  • Sun 22 Jan 198409:15

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