27.01.2014 - 22:27 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

Hey, ABC! Commercial Skipping Wasn‘t Copyright Infringement Thirty Years Ago, and It Isn‘t Now

Television broadcasters sure seem to like paying legal fees. In the latest twist in their long-running battle to kill any innovation they don‘t control, television neworks are trying to stifle DISH Networks‘ Hopper technology in its infancy. The technology allows DISH subscribers to temporarily record primetime TV and then watch it, commercial free, for eight days.