GOODMON: STOP THE SLINGBOX!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        [Dewayne-Net] GOODMON: STOP THE SLINGBOX!
Date:   Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:52:45 -0800
From:   Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
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To:     Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>



GOODMON: STOP THE SLINGBOX!
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Joel Topcik]

Capitol Broadcasting President Jim Goodmon thinks that Slingbox, the  
new gadget that allows one to watch and control a home TV remotely  
via the Internet, is illegal. Goodmon suspects the Slingbox violates  
program copyright laws -- and maybe retransmission-consent agreements  
-- by enabling out-of-market viewing of network and syndicated  
content. “I have a deal with the cable system,” he says, “and they  
have retransmission consent for the cable system in this market. They  
don't have it for everyplace else. They can't do that; there’s no way  
that’s legal.”

<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6304939.html? 
display=News&referral=SUPP>


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