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Cablevison foes say new DVR ruling will disrupt vast revenues

By Richard Binder

Hollywood studios and television networks lost their bid Monday for the Supreme Court to block the use of a new digital video recorder system that could make it cheaper and easier for viewers to record shows and watch them when they want, without commercials.

For consumers, the action means that Cablevision and perhaps other cable system operators soon will be able to offer DVR service without need for a box in their homes. The studios and networks contend that the service is more akin to video-on-demand, for which they negotiate licensing fees with cable providers.

Click here for the full story.  And click here and here for screenwriter John August's in-depth analysis of "the residual-killing potential of this ruling."

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).