What did Echostar actually infringe? Some code sharing or something? What about other DVR's like DirecTV, I-Guide, Passport Echo, SARA, Moxi, and all the PC software (Beyond TV, WMC, etc..)? They all pretty much do the same thing... records TV to a hard drive. How can you sue for that? That's like Kleenex suing other tissue manufacturers because people use their products to also wipe their nose.
So what will Tivo do with the $190 million? Will they use it as a jump start to finally stop operating out of the red? Will they use it to fund development on a new Series 4 Tru2Way box? Will they put some into R&D for a reworked user interface?
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cypherx @ Jun 3rd 2009 12:53AM
What did Echostar actually infringe? Some code sharing or something? What about other DVR's like DirecTV, I-Guide, Passport Echo, SARA, Moxi, and all the PC software (Beyond TV, WMC, etc..)? They all pretty much do the same thing... records TV to a hard drive. How can you sue for that? That's like Kleenex suing other tissue manufacturers because people use their products to also wipe their nose.
So what will Tivo do with the $190 million? Will they use it as a jump start to finally stop operating out of the red? Will they use it to fund development on a new Series 4 Tru2Way box? Will they put some into R&D for a reworked user interface?