Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

McLeod's new book "Freedom of Expression" (Creative Commons Licensed PDF or Amazon.com) includes this passage about Mr Rogers fighting the IP good fight during the rise of the VCR:

Ironically, Fred Rogers helped pave the way for me to create this collage. When the entertainment industry did its best to prevent the VCR from entering the U.S. market, Rogers took a contrary position. A California court ruled at the time that the VCR could be banned because of its copyright-infringing capabilities, but Mister Rogers testified in the early 1980s that this was wrong. He believed that ordinary people should have the right to record his television show so that they could become �much more active in the programming of their family�s television life.� In classic Fred Rogers style, he argued, �My whole approach in broadcasting has always been �You are an important person just the way you are. You can make healthy decisions.� � He concluded, �I just feel that anything that allows a person to be more active in the control of his or her life, in a healthy way, is important.�He had a point.