Court Ruling Shuts Down Australian Cloud TV Recorders

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 25, 2012 @07:07AM from the shut-down-down-under dept.

joshgnosis writes "In the wake of an Australian Federal Court ruling last month that free-to-air TV recording app Optus TV Now was infringing on the copyright of some of the country's biggest sports broadcasts, two other services — Beem and MyTVR have also been forced to suspend their services. Beem lashed out at the ruling, telling customers that their rights had been 'diminished' by the judgment and rights owners were 'scared' of cloud-based TV recording services in the same way they once were of VCRs."

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this is a good thing by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-25 07:22 · Score: 3, Interesting

I have no problem with individuals recording stuff. But the moment business profits from creating infringing copies, fuck 'em.
The "cloud" is not innovation. It is regression and loss of control, all the way to IBM '60s mainframes. Although not intended, government measures which make the cloud less attractive and encourage us to decentralise and retain control of information are doing us a favour.