THIS ITEM IS FROM THE COLLECTION I BOUGHT IN 2002 FROM A FORMER TOWER RECORDS MANAGER'S COLLECTION. THE LABEL THAT IS PICTURED IS NOT PART OF THIS LISTING. I MIGHT ACCEPT A HUGE OFFER FOR IT :-)

UNIQUE VIDEO ART, NOT TO BE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC, FOR DISPLAY ONLY IN VIDEO SALES AND RENTAL STORES

26" X 41" 

ROLLED, NEVER FOLDED, NO PIN HOLES OR TAPE, VERY FINE CONDITION, IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR, MY CAMERA AND EBAY'S MAGNIFYING SYSTEM DISTORT IT ON SOME MONITORS AND PHONES, PLEASE READ DETAILED DESCRIPTION FOR CONDITION

I HAVE BEEN PUBLISHING FOR YEARS THAT IN MY OPIONION COLLECTORS WILL REALIZE HOW UNIQUE THE 1980'S VIDEO RELEASE ITEMS ARE AND THEY WILL BE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THAT HAS NOW HAPPENED AND COLLECTORS AND INVESTORS ARE BUYING. FROM ABOUT 1979 TO 1984 ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTERS WERE PRIMARILY USED IN VIDEO STORES. THE FINAL DECISION ON VIDEO STORE RENTAL LAW WASN'T MADE UNTIL 1984. HOWEVER, BY THEN THE COURT AND THE STUDIOS SEEN THE INDUSTRY GROW OUT OF CONTROL WHILE STILL IN COURT.  THEY WERE ALREADY PRODUCING THE VIDEOS AND JOINING IN THE BUSINESS IN A BIG WAY WHILE STILL IN COURT FIGHTING THE LEGALITY OF THE BUSINESS. Now Sony owns everything :-)

The Supreme Court's decision in the case of Sony v. Universal City Studios, involving the home use of video recorders and the federal copyright law, determined that the former did not infringe on the latter as long as the copied material was not used for profit. By the end of 1983 there were eight million video recorders in use in the U.S.; that number would soar as the legality of home recording seemed settled. Nonetheless, the studios lobbied Congress for a law that would attach a royalty or surcharge to the sale of VCRs and blank tapes.