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Sonicblue Wins Stay of Spying Order

Posted by michael on from the watching-us-watching-them dept.

ebonkyre writes "According to this article, federal Judge Florence-Marie Cooper has stayed the order which would require SONICBlue to begin recording users viewing habits and reporting them to the MPAA, et al. It has been stayed until June 3rd, at which time the court is to review SB's motion to throw out the order entirely." EPIC has filed a brief supporting Sonicblue's position. EPIC's argument (starting on page 5 of the PDF) neatly summarizes why this order should never have been given.

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  1. favroite Kellner quote by martissimo · · Score: 4, Funny

    in reference to his attitude about people who skip ads during shows...

    CW: What if you have to go to the bathroom or get up to get a Coke?

    JK: I guess there's a certain amount of tolerance for going to the bathroom

    jeez how reasonable of him, there is a "certain" tolerance for allowing natural bodily functions by TV viewers, but im guessing that us beer drinkers and people with weak bladders should probably stop watching, because such willy-nilly use of the bathroom is probably thievery ;)

    full interview here btw

  2. Re:A question by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > every viewer that hasn't heard about ReplayTV will think "You mean I can get a box that lets me skip commercials? Where do I sign up?"

    Actually, the best ad wouldn't be the "Find an annoying guy to talk about the product" one I mentioned a few minutes ago.

    The best ad would cost $20 to produce:

    30 seconds of a 1000-hz tone at loud volume, and in big block letters:

    "If you owned a PVR, you could press 'skip ad' and never have to sit through another annoying ad again."