Looks like the Supreme Court has no clue about the "fair use" concept:

In a decision announced by Justice David H. Souter, the Court said: "We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties" -- that is, computer users using free downloading software.

By this "reasoning", the VCR is illegal. What utter Morons.