 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Re: How can you patent something you did not invent??? The PTO screws up regularly and awards patents where prior art and obviousness were present.
TIVO got the patents, and beat Dish over the head with them. Now they will muscle into the Cable DVR market as well because the cable companies will have to allow it or forfeit their own DVR's.
Of course the looser in this is the consumer; who will pay for all of it in subscription fees and increases in rates.
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wierdo
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| said by KrK:Of course the looser in this is the consumer; who will pay for all of it in subscription fees and increases in rates. Yes, the cable companies weren't already charging subscription fees and raising rates without this new excuse. 
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| said by wierdo:Yes, the cable companies weren't already charging subscription fees and raising rates without this new excuse. Ah, welcome back the Tivo fanboi. Sure they were. Now they'll just have to charge even more.
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
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| said by KrK:Ah, welcome back the Tivo fanboi. Sure they were. Now they'll just have to charge even more. If you hadn't noticed, your cable company already has a deal with TiVo.
Either way, your feelings about the brokenness of the patent system do not in any way justify Dish choosing to ignore them.
I think it's broken, too, but so long as they exist in their current form, I expect all companies to play by the rules.
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| Dish gambled the patents would be overturned. The gamble didn't pan out. It may still happen but it's too late for the Dish case.
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