What Every Consumer Should Know About Intellectual Property

By mbzoltan on July 30, 2007 2:57 PM

You’ve read the news stories about grandmothers being arrested for illegal downloads of songs (those Glenn Miller songs are evil!), or twelve year olds charged with copyright violations for downloading the latest Harry Potter movie. Copyright and intellectual property laws in the United States are an interesting mix that can be confusing for the average consumer—and when you add in a DVR, the question of fair use, personal use, commercial use, educational use, and so forth can be a complex maze.

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Last Post: August 8, 2007 8:43 AM by thormj

Virtual DVRs - Time-Shifting Without the Box

By mbzoltan on September 7, 2007 11:52 AM

Virtual DVR isn’t the same as On Demand television. It’s not internet TV, it’s not Joost, and it doesn’t involve a box in your home, so it’s not quite a DVR or a video recording device. It’s also been ruled to be a technology that, when used by cable companies, violates copyright laws.

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Last Post: December 29, 2007 9:35 PM by redsonya99

What's Video On Demand?

By mbzoltan on November 14, 2007 1:35 AM

Have you been pining away for the “good old days,” wishing you could watch a favorite episode of Happy Days to get your Fonzie fix? Video on Demand (VoD) can help you with that. Miss...

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