> They assumed every time someone rented a movie, they copied it.
That’s because they did! In my experience at least. I also remember when duplicating a tape at home with two VCRs stopped working, because they scrambled the signal somehow.
That’s because they did! In my experience at least. I also remember when duplicating a tape at home with two VCRs stopped working, because they scrambled the signal somehow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Protection_System
https://hackaday.com/2018/05/27/rolling-old-school-with-copy...
not like audio tapes, where they were making cassette decks with for 2 tapes and 1 button copying (some had a 2x button to copy twice as fast..)