http://techliberation.com/2005/11/23/tivo-vs-hollywood/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Thu, 24 May 2012 19:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/23/tivo-vs-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-32336 matt Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:33:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/23/tivo-vs-hollywood/#comment-32336 <p>actually i think that tivo has fairly good legal standing given the outcome of the diamond multimedia v. RIAA decsion. that case has been generally read to mean that format-shifting for home or personal use is a valid use. although charging for that service above the basic service is going to allow an opening for attack (besides which it's just kinda sleazy to do anyway). including it as a basic service feature would save them some hassle from the MPAA.</p> actually i think that tivo has fairly good legal standing given the outcome of the diamond multimedia v. RIAA decsion. that case has been generally read to mean that format-shifting for home or personal use is a valid use. although charging for that service above the basic service is going to allow an opening for attack (besides which it’s just kinda sleazy to do anyway). including it as a basic service feature would save them some hassle from the MPAA.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2005/11/23/tivo-vs-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-45833 matt Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:33:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/23/tivo-vs-hollywood/#comment-45833 <p>actually i think that tivo has fairly good legal standing given the outcome of the diamond multimedia v. RIAA decsion. that case has been generally read to mean that format-shifting for home or personal use is a valid use. although charging for that service above the basic service is going to allow an opening for attack (besides which it's just kinda sleazy to do anyway). including it as a basic service feature would save them some hassle from the MPAA.</p> actually i think that tivo has fairly good legal standing given the outcome of the diamond multimedia v. RIAA decsion. that case has been generally read to mean that format-shifting for home or personal use is a valid use. although charging for that service above the basic service is going to allow an opening for attack (besides which it’s just kinda sleazy to do anyway). including it as a basic service feature would save them some hassle from the MPAA.

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