Cablevision DVR Plan - Part 2 - Lawsuits Commence
The other shoe inevitably dropped this week in Cablevision's attempt to roll out the "Network DVR" discussed in this previous post. 3 movie studios and the 3 big television networks sued Cablevision (NYT article here), stating that the company didn't have the right to store their programs for use at a later time without obtaining a license first. It's a big fight since the other cable companies will roll out similar functionality if Cablevision wins the case, possibly diminishing some of the copyrights of the programmers, so expect a long battle. Cablevision's stock dropped 2% on the news.
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