[Informatics] A minute's silence please : the VCR is dead - but it changed the world

[Mark]

The last maker of VCR tapes will soon stop making them.

It raises questions.

How did the inferior technology (VHS) supplant earlier and better tech
(Betamax)?

Why did the VCR stimulate the current frenzy over copyright?

Why did people spend $70 for copies of old movies?

How did the humble VCR inevitably lead to Limewire, torrents, and Netflix?

Don't ask me. Read this...

http://www.wired.com/2016/07/vcr-officially-dead-well-never-forget/

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Mark Kelly

mark at vceit.com
http://vceit.com
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