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July 18th, 2007
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viewsat taken to court!
before rumors start.here are the facts.
ViewSat /TDG have been served with legal papers from Dishnetwork
who knows if or when this will go to court.
here is the pdf file that explains it.
Last edited by arboristman; July 18th, 2007 at 02:33 AM.
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July 18th, 2007
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Well, they tried to take these devices to court, before, and lost. I believe that was back in the Spring of 2005.
Because they are computing devices like many others are, I do not see any cause for concern. They could outlaw mp3 players, ipods, the new pmp players, and well, start outlawing computers in general.
Not going to happen.
All I can say is...
This is all they have left, litigation to cause some concern !!
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July 19th, 2007
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time will tell buddy
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July 19th, 2007
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Yeah...and then who will be next.
Its all about money..just like everything else, who has there hands in whos pockets.
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July 19th, 2007
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ya,this could be tied up in court for years even,i mean who knows.
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July 20th, 2007
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well i'm not going to tell you this is Bull ****. But this is total bull****. this is the same type of thing they tried to do with the VCR when it was made. The part of the DMCA that they site is this
Quote:
(b) Additional violations.
(1) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product,
service, device, component, or part thereof, that--
(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof;
(B) has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion
thereof; or
(C) is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person with that person's knowledge for use in circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof.
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The tv stations did this same thing to the VCR where they said the only thing that the VCR was built for was to promote the illegal recording of copyrighted works on TV. The court said that was BS then because the VCR has tons of other commercially prevalent uses such as taping non copyrighted material, copying or archiving other VHS tapes, etc.
I think this is largely a tactic to freak out the online community that utilize FTA equipment. By mentioning the people by name and by mentioning specific websites the lawyers are attempting to scare people. i can't see any of this going anywhere. Next week when i am done with the project i am working on, i will draft a memo about this which shows the relevant portions of the law that they are citing to and how they cannot reasonably believe that this will get any real consideration
Arbor, i appreciate you bringing the news about this because it is of note in the industry, but please be careful because your posts are sort of alarming to many people who may not understand the whole thing
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July 20th, 2007
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im sure people will take things with a grain of salt. anytime lawsuit is mentioned a person cringes, gets startled or worries . like the old cliche i will sue! all hype! cooler heads always prevail. litigation in courts take time in the mean time everyone will be watching tv for quite a while.
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July 20th, 2007
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I agree 100% with you adm. This all is BS.
You can download from the web any program that costs more than 1000.00 and download the key generator, for free. So the "FTA" will keep running as well.
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July 20th, 2007
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And don't forget it still took Miller to bring the taste to light!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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