100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words – Ars Technica
It’s almost a truism in the tech world that copyright owners reflexively oppose new inventions that do (or might) disrupt existing business models.
Any readers who follow media law might not be surprised by anything in this article, but for anyone else who is interested in copyright history, this article has a few interesting stories. The perspective is a bit slanted, but if memory serves, the accounts are quite accurate.