DeathStar1
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Sorry to spread a possible spam, but anyone have proof on this?
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-0...lines-business
>
> As the makers of personal video recorders broaden the >appeal of their revolutionary devices, a group of >Hollywood studios is attacking the
> recorders' core functions.
>
> ...
> The suit filed by MGM, Fox, Universal Studios and Orion >Pictures goes furthest, arguing that it's illegal to let >consumers record and store shows based on the genre, >actors or other words in the program description. This ?>claim threatens not just the ReplayTV devices, some
> copyright experts say, but all recorders like it.
>
> >http://news.com.com/2100-1023-817485...y=cnet&tag=owv
> >
> >TV networks, film studios and consumer electronics >companies are homing in on a technology they hope will >keep consumers from swapping TV shows and movies in >Napster-like fashion online.
> >
> >The new drive, under the auspices of the longstanding >cross-industry Copy Protection Working Group , is just one >part of a growing effort to keep television from becoming >the newest front in the digital
> >piracy wars.
> >
> >
> >As broadcast TV turns digital this year, studios are >looking for ways to control how shows are recorded and technologies that could ultimately bar consumers from >freely recording TV programs from the airwaves.
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-0...lines-business
>
> As the makers of personal video recorders broaden the >appeal of their revolutionary devices, a group of >Hollywood studios is attacking the
> recorders' core functions.
>
> ...
> The suit filed by MGM, Fox, Universal Studios and Orion >Pictures goes furthest, arguing that it's illegal to let >consumers record and store shows based on the genre, >actors or other words in the program description. This ?>claim threatens not just the ReplayTV devices, some
> copyright experts say, but all recorders like it.
>
> >http://news.com.com/2100-1023-817485...y=cnet&tag=owv
> >
> >TV networks, film studios and consumer electronics >companies are homing in on a technology they hope will >keep consumers from swapping TV shows and movies in >Napster-like fashion online.
> >
> >The new drive, under the auspices of the longstanding >cross-industry Copy Protection Working Group , is just one >part of a growing effort to keep television from becoming >the newest front in the digital
> >piracy wars.
> >
> >
> >As broadcast TV turns digital this year, studios are >looking for ways to control how shows are recorded and technologies that could ultimately bar consumers from >freely recording TV programs from the airwaves.