TV Networks Sue ReplayTV

Robert Wilde writes: "Three major television networks have sued Sonicblue over the ReplayTV 4000 and asked the court to grant an injunction to prevent the sale of the device." Here's another blurb about the lawsuit. All you readers that predicted that Replay would get sued over this device, give yourselves a pat on the back.

Comments

Re:C++ Version Of My Feelings

[LiENUS]

C version
FaithInHumanity--;
VB version
Dim person as stupid
FaithInHumanity = FaithInHumanity - 1

Just two weeks after winning an Emmy...

[DaoudaW]

How ironic that it only took two weeks after SonicBlue won a Technological/Engineering Emmy Award for the Advancement of Television for the big boys to crackdown on them. Too bad we still have media people wanting to control information rather than letting it free.

Great idea? I AGREE!

[WebCowboy]

Hmm...given the great steaming pile of crap produced by the US TV networks in recent years, I'd say it would be no great loss.

Really, decent programming is pretty thin on the ground, and most good TV originated from other sources (independent productions, cable TV, internationally...). If big bad ol' "commercial skip" and the ability to share programming with fellow Replay owners results in the death of a TV network or three I say let technology prevail!

If such a shakeup doesn't improve the quality of TV then at least maybe more people will extricate their fat asses from their chesterfields to go for a walk in the park, once "Survivor" is cancelled due to lack of advertising revenue...

Re:How many people fit in your living room?

[Flower]

Fifteen would be a crowd in my living room. But wait, it's now 2005 and Web cams have progressed and all the dark fiber is lit and lots of folks are starting to leave their living room cams on so that friends can share virtual space. Now, you're watching a k3wl show in your house, and I'm there too, and I zoom the cam in by remote and watch with you.

Oh I can just see that now as over the computer I hear "Flower move your butt, you're blocking the TV!" or "Hey! Who has the remote? I was watching that!" or "Ummm, folks you left the cam on..... Maybe next time you could keep that stuff in the bedroom. I think my son needs therapy now."

The diff is I'd swap shows with my friends but this put up a web cam and "have my friends over virtually" to watch a movie? For myself it would never fly.