This is a list of home video-related events in 1984. The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... See also: 1982 in film 1983 1984 in film 1980s in film years in film film // Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York Top grossing films North America Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places... See also: 1983 in film 1984 1985 in film 1980s in film years in film film // Events Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film. ... See also: 1984 in film, other events of 1985, 1986 in film, list of years in film. Events Top grossing films Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple... This page indexes the individual year in home video pages. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1985. ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

Industry milestones

• In Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., popularly known as the "Betamax case", the Supreme Court of the United States rules that the practice of "time shifting" constitutes fair use and that the manufacturers of home video recording devices cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by consumers.

Holding Manufacturers of home video recording machines could not be liable for contributory copyright infringement for the potential uses by its purchasers, because the devices were sold for legitimate purposes and had substantial non-infringing uses. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the supreme court in the United States. ... Time shifting is the recording of television shows to some storage medium to be viewed at a time convenient to the consumer. ...

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates: