Judge denies move to ban ad-skipping DVR

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/08/us_judge_denies_injunction_against_ad_skipping_dvr/

by iProject • 14 years ago

18 5 14 years ago

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sksksk• 14 years ago

Why does this require the courts? Can't FOX just refuse to renew their contract with Dish TV and then Dish will be without Fox channels?

benji-york• 14 years ago

My guess: multi-year contracts.

true_religion• 14 years ago

Also wanting to have your cake and eat it too.

timeshifter• 14 years ago

Gotta love it. They keep trying to shove shit down our throats that we don't want, and get surprised when somebody fights back. Maybe there wouldn't be a need to have hardware that can skip ads if those ads weren't so incredibly obnoxious.

ccamrobertson• 14 years ago

A similar lawsuit helped to kill ReplayTV 10 years ago, however, they didn't have the same clout Dish does. The latter versions of ReplayTV had the Commercial Advance feature disabled as a result.

Judge denies move to ban ad-skipping DVR

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