text: famous case\nMPAA verse Sony\nsony won\nthe case was against the beta vcr\nsupreme court said they ( manufactuers ) could not be responsible for what the end user ( you  the comsumer ) does with there product ( though lately that trend seems to reversing in court with DMCA ),\ncassettes ( remember them ? ) were challanged in court and lost\ncompact discs as well, and lost\nthe RIO by Diamond products, the 1st mp3 player, was also challanged even though it was a player, as the RIAA argue that the device promoted pirating.. again the Sony case was used for reference\n\nalso these devices are covered under the fair use laws\nbe glad you do not live in Canada where there they have a "pirate" tax on all blank cd/dvd media sold basically in effect saying you probally gonna pirate, so we charge you anyways, there justice is backwards.