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Rhune
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ReplayTV DVR machines pulled from the market
« on: Jan 20^th, 2004, 12:33pm »

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It was not enough that ReplayTV stopped making DVRs that can skip commercials or send programs across the internet, but content companies were considering taking legal action against owners of the devices which were sold before these facilities were dropped in June.

Actions against ReplayTVs previous owners, Sonicblue, have been dropped, but a counter action requesting a declaratory ruling that using the DVR to skip commercials and send shows between devices is fair use, was left needing to be resolved.

ReplayTV changed hands early last year out of Chapter XI and the product is now owned by Digital Networks North America a subsidiary of D&M Holdings, best known for its Denon and Marantz brands of high-end audio and video systems.

As soon as the deal was done, the controversial facilities were dropped. But the request for a declaratory action was still in process and has finally now reached a conclusion.

The outcome has been that the 28 content companies named in the dispute have agreed not to sue the owners of the devices, and the court hinted that if they hadnt agreed, then it might well have granted the action, but now it says it doesnt need to. The declaratory action was brought with the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a technology support group.

Effectively this means that existing clients can jump commercials and they can send their programs over the internet to be seen on another ReplayTV device, but no-one can buy a Replay machine that does this any more.

In the run up to the dispute, a representative of the content companies is on record as saying, skipping commercials is theft, which is an interesting, if nutty, point of view. Does that mean making a cup of coffee in the commercial break will soon become illegal?

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Re: ReplayTV DVR machines pulled from the market
« Reply #1 on: Jan 20^th, 2004, 1:16pm »

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I must be living in a cave I had no idea there even was such a thing lol

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« Reply #2 on: Jan 20^th, 2004, 2:14pm »

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Grin, I hadn't heard of this brand myself, but I am not suprised they were pulled quickly. I'm not sure where the article originates from, my husband sent it to me.

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« Reply #3 on: Jan 20^th, 2004, 3:21pm »

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on Jan 20^th, 2004, 2:14pm, Rhune wrote:

Grin, I hadn't heard of this brand myself, but I am not suprised they were pulled quickly. I'm not sure where the article originates from, my husband sent it to me.

You can check it out here (I think):

http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/replaytv/default.asp

or...

http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/default2.asp

Replay FAQ'S: http://replayfaq.leavensfamily.com/

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