Cablevision receives support in network recorder appeal: A coalition of consumer and industry groups is supporting an appeal by cable company Cablevision against a ruling preventing it from launching a network video recording service. They include the Consumer Electronics Association and USTelecom, the trade association which represents telecommunications service providers, notably AT&T and Verizon.
The New York cable television company is appealing against a recent court judgement that its proposed RS-DVR remote storage digital video recorder service would infringe the copyright of major movie studios and national television networks.
A brief in support of the appeal was jointly filed by 16 industry groups, ranging from trade bodies to library associations.
The brief submits that Cablevision is not liable for direct copyright infringement as its remote digital video recorder carries out user commands on a fully automated basis.
The groups argue that the widespread availability of broadband internet connections has led to new forms of processing, storage and retrieval, enabled by remote, interconnected computers. The interaction and interdependence of network devices blurs the distinction between devices and services.
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