] SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of media and technology
] companies including Microsoft Corp. and Walt Disney Co.
] have agreed in principle to allow consumers to make legal
] backup copies of next-generation video discs and share
] their content on portable devices.
]
] The group, which also includes International Business
] Machines Corp., Intel Corp., Matsushita Electric
] Industrial Co. Ltd. and Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros.,
] will not have any technology to license until the end of
] the year

One small step for consumer electronics? One giant leap for fair use?