This judge is an idiot.

Everybody has a price

I am sorry but how diffrent is this from plugging a DVR into a cable box and recording shows?

That doesn't make any sense, they could simply require them to track the data. Really, they should just let them do it, it's sounds like the same thing as a DVR

I never could figure out why you have to have a monthly service for a DVR anyway. It escapes me why there wouldn't be a way to set it like a VCR to record programs just like people have been doing for years. With old technology.

Oh yeah, then TiVo and the cable companies couldn't ream the average consumer on a daily basis. As much.

I agree that this would be a good move for Cablevision, any other company that followed suit, and ultimately consumers. A company that records every single stream it has access to can offer it's customer something that brings us closer to true On Demand programming.

And that's exactly why the Judge ruled against it. When the consumer decides to time shift a particular show or shows it is the consumer initiating the action and acting upon the rights that a consumer possess. It's called timeshifting.

This consumer right does not neccessarily translate to company rights. I think that Cablevision would have maybe found a different outcome had they only said that they would record ONLY what a consumer tells them to AND if they would have provided a different recording for EACH consumer who requested it. While this is most certainly a much bigger pain in the butt for Cablevision, and in reality it could essentially still be recording every feed they relay as long as there was a consumer requesting that feed be timeshifted for them. The extra effort that this would require costs the company more money, the consumer more money, and doesn't bring any additional revenue to hollywood for their shows.

Basically the idea was a Win-Win-Neutral idea that can only be implemented as a Lose-Lose-Neutral offering. Once again if they don't get something, or come out on top, even when it DOESN'T hurt them.. they still feel the need to stick it to the consumer!

Way to show your true colors yet again Mr Media Mafia!