[mythtv-users] DISH Receivers and external HDDs

[David Brodbeck]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 04/13/2008 10:27 AM, Brian Wood wrote:
>>> That lawsuit was totally nuts, digital hard drive systems were being
>>> used to record and "time shift" video at least a decade before Tivo
>>> ever thought about it.
>>>
>> I beg to differ.  The lawsuit was quite appropriate.  It's the patent
>> that's totally nuts (specifically, the granting of the patent, and the
>> fact that it wasn't overturned in the lawsuit).  :)
> 
> You are correct, the suit followed from the issuance of the patent,  
> and that's what was nuts.

I'm convinced the US Patent Office has given up on trying to vet
patents, and is now relying on the legal system to decide which ones are
valid.