Nov. 29, 2011 – Polonetsky and Wolf: Viewers Should Be Able to Share Their Playlists, Roll Call
November 29, 2011
FPF Staff
Can the law keep you from telling your friends what movies you have seen? If you want to do so online, it turns out that the law can make it harder than need be.
The Video Privacy Protection Act was passed in 1988 in the wake of the publication of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s video rental records. Members of Congress, worrying about their own records, rushed to put in place a bill that would block companies from sharing video rentals without express written permission.
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