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TiVo Time Warp Judgment Affirmed

zapakh writes "A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower court decision that accused DISH Network and EchoStar of continuing to infringe on TiVo patents.' This is a follow-on to a Slashdot story from October. Despite a 'Herculean effort' by EchoStar in redesigning its DVR software, the ruling agrees with the district court that that was not a major redesign of the software. The patent in question is titled 'Multimedia time warping system.' TiVo is pleased with the ruling."

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  1. Dump TiVo for MythTV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

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    If you're a geek and don't know about it, check it! We need more devices with MythTV preloaded on them.

  2. Re:Does mythtv by TheJokeExplainer · · Score: 4, Informative

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