Dish Needs To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million
To punish Dish for not complying with an order to basically stop being a DVR service, a US District Judge ordered them to pay about $US200 million to TiVo, whose patents were infringed.
What’s even funnier was that Dish had ads saying that its DVR service was “better than TiVo”, an incredibly ballsy move when a court ruled that you’ve stolen technology from the party you’re claiming to be better than. [Bloomberg]
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To Dish Network.
Kthxbai.
Nice.
TheCrudMan
Its about time Charlie Ergen gets his. I worked Briefly for DishNetwork until I found out that pays his employees the bare minimum (that is putting it mildly), and no real perks. He's a cheapskate.
I love my four, properly-licensed DirecTivos from DirecTV!
OCGuy
@switchblade saints: I had a college buddy working for TiVo - they are the same. He said it was the only job he ever had he really hated going to work every day.
Seems that the only way TiVo can make money is to argue that companies are stealing their tech - even their deal with Comcrap isn't making this company any money.
Audiyoda
@Sicpup: indeed ha. I guess you don't make 9.1 billion and hit the top 35 richest in the world list for being generous.
@switchblade saints: I don't want to say Chuckles Ergin is a tight-ass, but rumor has it that they regularly insert charcoal briquets in his rectum and 4 hours later its passed as a diamond.
TiVo is stupid, why should Dish (or anyone) pay them for offering a DVR service?
And it say's for copyright infringement, but it doesn't say what they infringed on.
So their gonna go after after everyone who offers DVR service that doesn't have the TiVo software built into the the DVR box.
It seems like tivo trying to get rid of all their competition, ain't that a monopoly.
Also patents should not be filed in Texas anymore.
@Colonel Jack O'Neill: Use Tivo my friend, you'll love it. Who uses satellite anyways? Crappy pixelated reception. Eww.
Earthslide
BETTER START BUYING TIVO STOCK!!!!
I'm still waiting for the Tivo software upgrade option on my Cox Communications DVR since they announced a partnership three years ago. I'm stuck with Passport Echo software and TV Guide program listing info. Passport Echo is slow but still reliable. TV Guide requires a feedback post on their website to fix an occasional program listing error.
eigafan
The district court this is taking place at wouldn't happen to be in Texas by any chance, would it?
Chris says: click the heart
@Earthslide: I dunno what crappy satellite service you've seen, but Dish Network beats Time Warner handily here, especially in HD. Nothing pixellated about anything I get.
Obee Juan
@Sicpup: Thank you, Ferris.
aek8
@[350z-racer.mybrute.com:] LMFAO! Totally saving this on my computer.
@eigafan: Amen, brotha'.
pushmonk