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





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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 19, 2005 11:20:26 AM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: ReplayTV to launch TV recording software for PCs
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[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@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 18, 2005 7:37:56 PM PST
To: dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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

Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com>



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