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TiVo Relaunching As a Patent Troll?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-thought-we-could-be-friends dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TiVo's quarterly call was a bit more dramatic than usual. While they continue to lose customers and innovate 'at a very unhurried pace,' TiVo seeks a repeat DISH Network performance in going after AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) for infringement. Basically, TiVo's current business model appears to be ad sales and patent trolling."

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  1. Re:TiVo was cool... by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Tivo enabled NOTHING that can't be achieved with a PC from Best Buy and tuner card also from Best Buy.

    Calling a 17 year patent "temporary" is remarkably disengenuous.

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