[IP] TiVo, ReplayTV agree to limits

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Date: September 9, 2004 10:45:51 PM EDT
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Subject: TiVo, ReplayTV agree to limits

Posted on Thu, Sep. 09, 2004

TiVo, ReplayTV agree to limits

PAY-PER-VIEW WOULD BE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS

By Dawn C. Chmielewski

Mercury News

The makers of TiVo and ReplayTV digital video recorders have agreed
to limit how long consumers can keep pay-for-view movies stored on
future versions of the VCR-like devices.

The new technology also will allow Hollywood movie studios and
broadcasters to regulate how often movies purchased through
pay-for-view services can be watched. Digital video recorders that
recognize these new copy restrictions will begin appearing in the
spring of 2005. But it could be years before entertainment companies
begin to take advantage of the technology, according to ReplayTV
President Bernie Sepaniak.

Max Ochoa, associate general counsel of San Jose-based TiVo, said
consumers won't be ambushed by the copy restrictions.

Their television screen will display warnings that a pay-per-view
movie a viewer is about to rent comes with certain restrictions. The
limitations are the trade-off for advanced services, such as
video-on-demand, he said.

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/9616558.htm?1c

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