But the Supreme Court ruled against Hollywood in 1984, when it determined that any device capable of a substantial non-infringing use was legal. In other words, "We don't buy this Boston Strangler business: if your business model can't survive the emergence of this general-purpose tool, it's time to get another business-model or go broke."
on Betamax
Boston Strangler thing: an analogy the entertainment industry used (Betamax does to the entertainment industry what the Boston Strangler does to a woman alone at home? it's weird)