joegratz.netNews and Analysis on Copyright, Trademark, Internet Law, and Culture from San Francisco Attorney Joe GratzThe First Phonograph- March 27, 2008 Hackers have an extremely old joke about &8220;write-only memory&8221; &8212; just like read-only memory, but the other way around. It turns out that the first phonograph &8212; a number of years before Edison&8217;s well-known invention &8212; was just such a system. It could record sounds onto a piece of paper, but they couldn&8217;t be played back. Right ...http://www.joegratz.net/archives/2008/03/27/the-first-phonograph/ |