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Tivo's patent infrigment vs Dish is enforced. Dish to pay $74M
Posted by: Wailer
Date: January 31, 2008 12:25PM
[www.reuters.com]

I'm a big fan (and shareholder) of Tivo, so this was welcome news.

Now if Apple would just ditch their AppleTV and buy Tivo for $1B, I'd be happy. Not likely to happen since recording TV isn't very profitable and would conflict with Apple's model of selling/renting content. AppleTV's downloading is eerily similar to Amazon/Tivo unbox.
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Re: Tivo's patent infrigment vs Dish is enforced. Dish to pay $74M
Posted by: Marc Anthony
Date: January 31, 2008 01:48PM
I don't know that particulars of the case, but I'm not sure I agree with the ruling. Unless Echostar stole Tivo's actual software code, digital recording shouldn't be patentable; it's the logical extension of extant tech. I hate patent pirates.


Le poète doit vivre beaucoup, vivre dans tous les sens. - Verlaine
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Re: Tivo's patent infrigment vs Dish is enforced. Dish to pay $74M
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: January 31, 2008 02:46PM
Instant beleagueredness.


It is what it is.
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Re: Tivo's patent infrigment vs Dish is enforced. Dish to pay $74M
Posted by: Bimwad
Date: January 31, 2008 09:07PM
Does this mean Tivo will dial back on the annoying ads that are growing in size and popping up everywhere?
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