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Sling Box) which allows consumers to stream their TV signal to a laptop at a
different location. This is a
frontal assault on home recording and fair use. Ordinary consumers are in its crosshairs, while Fox demands
technological stagnation from innovators.
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challenging long-held consumer rights and going against long-standing consumer
practices. Consumers have the
right to control their TV watching, using whatever technology is available to
them. This is as true now as it
was in 1955 when advertisements for the Flash-Matic, one of the first
remote control devices, promised, ‘You can even shut off annoying commercials
while the picture remains on the screen.’”
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with copyright violations for the satellite company’s DVR which allows
consumers to skip commercials, but also against the Sling adapter (formerly
Sling Box) which allows consumers to stream their TV signal to a laptop at a
different location. This is a
frontal assault on home recording and fair use. Ordinary consumers are in its crosshairs, while Fox demands
technological stagnation from innovators.
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challenging long-held consumer rights and going against long-standing consumer
practices. Consumers have the
right to control their TV watching, using whatever technology is available to
them. This is as true now as it
was in 1955 when advertisements for the Flash-Matic, one of the first
remote control devices, promised, ‘You can even shut off annoying commercials
while the picture remains on the screen.’”
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filing this suit, the broadcasters are demonstrating their contempt for the
millions of consumers who watch their shows and who buy the products they
advertised on their networks. They
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