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ReplayTV Users File Lawsuit to Protect Right to Record Programs.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2002
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 7--Five users of an advanced digital video recorder sued Thursday to make the consumer's voice heard in the big-stakes legal battle between media titans and technology companies.
The five, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, asked the judge in the ReplayTV copyright-infringement case to reaffirm their rights to record television shows for more convenient viewing, to avoid commercials and to "space shift" -- or move TV shows or movies to their computers or laptops.
"Many cases that have been filed have had the effect of curtailing citizen rights," said Robin D. Gross, an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "We want to...
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