Digital video recorders (DVRs) that allow consumers to skip commercials in television programs they record might be more difficult to find in the future due to the “chilling effect” of a court case ended by a federal judge last Friday. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper dismissed a lawsuit filed against 28 entertainment companies by five owners of the ReplayTV DVR that lets the owners automatically skip commercials from TV programming and easily share recorded programming with others.
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‘Replay Five’ Case Could Chill DVR Designs That Skip Commercials
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 13, 2004 07:45 AMDigital video recorders (DVRs) that allow consumers to skip commercials in television programs they record might be more difficult to find in the future due to the “chilling effect” of a court case ended by a federal judge last Friday. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper dismissed a lawsuit filed against 28 entertainment companies by five owners of the ReplayTV DVR that lets the owners automatically skip commercials from TV programming and easily share recorded programming with others.