bob@hp-dcde.UUCP (11/27/83)
#N:hp-dcde:22000001:000:283 hp-dcde!bob Nov 25 13:38:00 1983 What about video tapes? Since Lucas hasn't released TESB or ROTJ to cable or other video sources, any video tape of these you see has got to be black market. How do you folks view the use and/or copying of such material? Bob Hallissy Hewlett Packard hplabs!hpfcla!bob
mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP (12/01/83)
#R:hp-dcde:22000001:uiucdcs:37700003:000:251 uiucdcs!mcewan Nov 30 22:20:00 1983 I have heard that, due to the fact that so many black market copies are being made anyway, both TESB and ROTJ will be released on tape and disc shortly. I will not swear to this, but my source is usually reliable. Scott McEwan uiucdcs!mcewan
twt@uicsl.UUCP (12/02/83)
#R:hp-dcde:22000001:uicsl:20500003:000:497 uicsl!twt Dec 1 17:51:00 1983 Black market tapes may be illegal, and I wouldn't make any (I wouldn't know how to anyway). I have been known to tape things off the airwaves: Soap Operas, Favorite Old Movies (Harvey & Casablanca to name a couple), and even things from pay TV (ANH). And, even though I personally wouldn't make any, and probably would not pay an extreme amount for one, if S. Claus dropped one off under my tree, I certainly wouldn't ask where it came from. Mary (surprised this group is still alive) Todd
akp@isrnix.UUCP (12/06/83)
#R:hp-dcde:22000001:isrnix:9900004:000:430 isrnix!akp Dec 5 16:59:00 1983 It's not all that tough, making "black-market" copies of tapes. It's the same way you make a "legit" copy: run two VCR's, one PLAYing the tape, the other RECORDing onto a blank. Hook up the cables so they talk to one another, and BAM! Copied tapes. The copy tends to lose some quality, and at about the fourth generation (copy of a copy of a copy of a copy) it's unmistakable. -- Allan Pratt ...decvax!ihnp4!isrnix!akp