more on re: ReplayTV to launch TV recording software for PCs

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: December 19, 2005 11:20:26 AM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: ReplayTV to launch TV recording software  
for PCs
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com

[Note:  This comment comes from reader Glenn Fleishman.  I certainly  
didn't mean to imply that the new software from ReplayTV would  
include the commercial advance feature.  The ReplayTV units that I  
have all support this feature.  DLH]

> From: Glenn Fleishman <glenn () glennf com>
> Date: December 18, 2005 7:37:56 PM PST
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] ReplayTV to launch TV recording software  
> for PCs
>
> > It still has
> > features that TiVo doesn't touch such as commercial advance.
>
> This feature will never appear in players newer than the series  
> that it was in.
> This was part of the settlement that allowed ReplayTV's current  
> owners to avoid
> the lawsuit that killed the original company through litigation  
> costs. I was
> part of the EFF lawsuit (Newark v. Turner) that was joined into the  
> 28 media
> companies against ReplayTV. We were in that suit specifically to  
> establish a
> personal right to space shifting and commercial advance.
>
> The suit was settled, so we were unable to pursue a conclusion.  
> However, we did
> set a precedent that consumers have the right to participate in  
> lawsuits in
> which infringing uses are cited as a reason a company should be  
> held liable.
>
> <http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/Newmark_v_Turner/>
> --
> Glenn Fleishman

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