According to this article, there was indeed a lawsuit against ReplayTV
on this matter, but they never got their day in court. This article is
an interesting read, as it discusses some of the restrictions that may
be placed upon future technology if the RIAA and MPAA have their way.<br>
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<a href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun06/3673" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun06/3673</a><br>
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Gary<br>
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<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I read someplace that ReplayTV was sued over the commercial skip<br>feature, and that they "lost", but I have no real information on<br>that, it may be apocryphal.<br><br>If anybody knows the details of that case I'm sure it would be of
<br>interest to this group.<br><br>But I agree, you certainly have the right to visit the loo during a<br>commercial break, or even during the boring parts of the program.<br><br>Though I have heard the that the RIAA is trying to prevent
<br>"disaggregation" of radio recordings, by which they apparently mean<br>they do not want you to record three songs and then store just one of<br>them. I would hope this mater will get nowhere.<br><br>
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