User: rmgillmore

Re:/. is an editorial factory

On: TiVo Wins Permanent Injunction Against EchoStar

As I read the news, I was not particularly pleased. I am among those who would lose DVR/PVR service within the next 30 days. Just to confirm what I was reading, I went to http://www.echostar.com/ ... Before we get too excited, we ought to read this statement on the EchoStar press site:

ECHOSTAR ANNOUNCES FEDERAL CIRCUIT BLOCKS TIVO INJUNCTION ENGLEWOOD, Colo., August 18, 2006 - EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) issued the following statement regarding recent developments in the Tivo Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. lawsuit: "We are pleased that this morning, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked an injunction issued by a Texas Court, while it considers a longer-term stay of that injunction. As a result of the stay EchoStar can continue to sell, and provide to consumers, all of its digital video recorder models. We continue to believe the Texas decision was wrong, and should be reversed on appeal. We also continue to work on modifications to our new DVRs, and to our DVRs in the field, intended to avoid future alleged infringement."

If the intention is to get folks excited enough to cause a rant, we have perhaps succeeded. My guess is that since DirecTV and TiVo are partnered that EchoStar is not going to give up on this one without a REALLY good fight.