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Fox Sues Dish Over "Auto Hop" Ad-Skipping Feature

Posted by timothy on from the just-think-of-all-the-buggywhip-makers'-widows dept.

therealobsideus writes "Dish recently announced Auto Hop, giving its customers with the Hopper DVR the ability to 'hop' past commercial break on recordings. In response, Fox has filed suit against Dish in U.S. District Court, seeking to block the technology." The L.A. Times has coverage, too. Fox claims that giving viewers the ability to skip commercials on recorded television shows demonstrates the "clear goal of violating copyrights and destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the broadcast television ecosystem."

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  1. Re:Blah Blah Blah by Sprouticus · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think article states you case very well:

    http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/primetime-tv-hour-includes-41-commercials-9434/

  2. Not just Fox by therealobsideus · · Score: 5, Informative

    NBC and CBS have joined in as well. DISH has filed a suit themselves seeking a ruling to declare that the technology is not infringing on TV copyrights. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/dish-seeks-ruling-on-feature-that-skips-commercials/

  3. Re:And dont you DARE close your eyes or not listen by alanshot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Once for the subscription and once again for the fucking ads? One of cable TVs big "draws" in the early days was "no commercials..." That didn't last.

    I hear ya. Same for Satellite radio. Bought my first new car with one two months back and I was quite surprised to hear commercials on the non-native channels (Fox, CNN, etc).

    Even more annoying was that they appeared to be the same 5 damned UBER obnoxious ones over and over. Hell, the most obnoxious one was for one of the native Sirius channels that I expect doesnt get much listenership. (I dont recall the channel but it was VERY niche... ) While they love to tout the fact that you can listen to the same station cross country without losing it, they make it so you dont WANT to listen to it cross country...

  4. Re:And dont you DARE close your eyes or not listen by Grumpinuts · · Score: 5, Informative

    Er...BBC doesn't have adverts. Never has, hopefully never will.