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Hollywood and NFL Fight TiVo

Posted by michael on from the because-they-hate-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC/Washington Post is reporting that the NFL and tinseltown have asked the FCC to stop TiVo from expanding its service to include the ability to transfer recordings to PC's and other remote devices. TiVo says the system is secure. I say its source code will end up on the box. You do the math."

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  1. Go ReplayTV! by Noksagt · · Score: 4, Informative

    Without the mindshare and press of Tivo, ReplayTV has sported this feature for a long time. Ownere preemptively filed suit to make sure they could legally use show-sharing.

    1. Re:Go ReplayTV! by The+Lynxpro · · Score: 4, Informative

      "Without the mindshare and press of Tivo, ReplayTV has sported this feature for a long time. Ownere preemptively filed suit to make sure they could legally use show-sharing."

      Yes, and that's also the feature that bankrupted SonicBlue. Replay is now on its third corporate parent thanks to the failure of branding, simplicity, etc. that TiVo captured. TiVo has 1.6 million subscribers; how many does Replay have? The last time I heard, Replay peaked at 200k. And the only person I know that owns one is Brentano on G4TechTV's "The Screen Savers." And TiVo and Replay have both been on the market roughly the same amount of years.

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    2. Re:Go ReplayTV! by Noksagt · · Score: 4, Informative

      Unfortunately not--it was voluntarily and prematurely ended by the media companies. They agreed not to sue Replay owners, but the legality of Tivo or others using the same technology wasn't tested. See EFF for more information.

  2. Re:If not for Tivo.... by gosand · · Score: 5, Informative
    Millions of people wouldn't have known what Janet Jackson's left breast looked like.


    It was the right one. Not that I noticed or anything.

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