[opendtv] Re: News: Supreme Court Allows Wider DVR Use

At 12:01 PM -0400 6/30/09, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:

Craig Birkmaier posted:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/technology/30cable.html?th&emc=th


 Supreme Court Allows Wider DVR Use


To be more precise, this is only about the MVPD-embedded DVR, not
privately owned PVRs.

Well, so this embedded and by-subscription-only DVR function could be
the "value added" that broadband providers of the future can offer, when
all of the TV channels will be available on the web.
The decision came as a surprise to me because it reverses earlier court decisions regarding fair use - i.e. only the consumer has the right to record a program for later viewing. Prior to this ruling attempts to offer a service that sits between the content owner and consumer was viewed as a copyright violation, especially if there was a fee for this service. In essence, the intermediary is profiting from the content.
Who needs a network that delivers content in specific time slots, if all programs are available on demand? 

Oh wait, that's what the Internet is doing...
Perhaps this was the rational behind the decision, or it may be that the consumer must decide what programs are recorded on the remote server, in which case it is only a question of where the physical disk is located - set-top or head-end. 

Regards
Craig


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