[mythtv-users] "Odometer" Threads

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Wed Feb 6 17:43:51 UTC 2008


Steve Smith wrote:

> Yes just looking at the patentS (yes there are several) now.
>  
> Very broad indeed. They even have one for a progress bar!
>  
> Looks like Tivo are taking the SCO Unix route to business success.
>  
> Of course the Tivo concept has been copied by practically every consumer 
> electronics firm going now.
> So potentially it's a great revenue stream for them.

Not just consumer devices. Such things have been done and are being done 
by a lot of commercial broadcast and security industry gear.

The problem for TiVo is that a lot of those applications predate their 
patent app.

>  
> And Myth/GB-PVR etc????  Perhaps when they get round to sueing Happauge 
> etc they'll extract a levy there for our use.
>  
> Cute cuddly Tivo could be turning into a nasty, spiteful teenager.

When precisely were they "cute and cuddly"? They started out by taking 
advantage of OSS software for pecuniary gain without giving anything 
back, and trying to violate the GPL (some would say they have done so).

beww



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