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  • Understanding the Cablevision DVR lawsuit

    While I agree with Mark Cuban that the lawsuit is a mistake , I thought it was worth discussing why - from a legal perspective - the network DVR is an issue. Copyright gives the owner a limited monopoly over a few aspects, most notably the ability to reproduce and distribute the work. In a "normal" DVR...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-11-2007

  • The Broadcast Flag and TiVO

    The EFF already defeated the Broadcast Flag once, but it's one of those things that Hollywood is not going to let go of. I noticed on Dave's site that DRM support was added to TiVO last year . This DRM allows content owners to specify how and whether TiVO users can record a flagged show: they either...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 08-24-2006

  • Commercial Skipping

    There's been a bit of discussion on two patent applications filed by Philips on what the author of this NYT article refers to as "pay to surf" technology. Part of me hopes that they patented this simply to prevent others from using the invention, but somehow I don't think that's the case. ( Aside: Why...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 05-10-2006

  • MPAA, P2P and digital downloads

    The MPAA has launched a massive attack on P2P sites, but one of the sites is fighting back . TorrentSpy is a search engine for torrent files - it doesn't host the torrent files or the underlying protected material. In their response, they said that the MPAA might have just as well sued Google . Fred...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-09-2006

  • DRM can have a significant impact on battery life

    Tommy Perkins posts yet another reason to hate DRM . According to this CNET article , it can have a significant negative impact on your device's battery life - as much as 25% as you can see below. Creative Zen Vistion:M: 16 hours with MP3s, 12 hours with only WMA subscription tracks Archos Gmini 402...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-21-2006

  • Converting from protected music formats to unprotected MP3s

    Neowin points to another piece of software that allows you to "convert" protected AACs and WMAs to unprotected MP3s. Like other programs, they've taken an intersting approach to bypassing DCMA concerns: instead of decrypting the underlying media, they capture the (unprotected) output from the sound card...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 10-31-2005

  • Grokster Reversed in Unanimous Decision

    Some bad news from SCOTUS(Blog). The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that developers of software violate federal copyright law when they provide computer users with the means to share music and movie files downloaded from the internet. Read Justice Souter's opinion . Justice Ginsburg concurrence (joined...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-27-2005
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