[mythtv-users] Tivo suing everyone in sight over DVR patents

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Ronald Frazier wrote:

>> Tivo business model: Take other people's work, hire lawyers, find  
>> loophole,
>> profit.
>
> Care to elaborate on this? Because I have no idea what you are
> referring to. And if you are going to talk about using GPL'd linux,
> let me preemptively cut you off (Linus has said he see's nothing wrong
> with what TiVo has done).

I was referring to the fact that there appear to be very few Tivo  
features that they actually thought up all on their own, yet they hold  
patents on. Just an observation. No, I don't plan to do the proper  
research to annotate my observation. I'm not that committed to it. :)

-Brad