mrdataNY used our news submit to tell us "This will be interesting to see how far they get...
Perhaps this will open some legal options for others."
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp (Research). on Wednesday said its planned network-based digital video recorder is protected by "fair use" legal precedents established in the famous Sony Betamax video case.
In an 18-page counterclaim filed in U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York, the company defended
itself against a lawsuit filed by four Hollywood movie studios and five
cable television networks that charged the planned service would violate
U.S. copyright laws if launched.
The company claimed its network DVR would
allow users to engage in ""fair use," which gives consumers limited use of
copyrighted material, such as making personal copies of purchased music or
movies, without requiring permission from the rights holders such as
record or movie companies. |
Let's hope that our fair use rights are upheld and not
further eroded! Full story at CNN Money.
Source: CNN
