Friday Links 10.10.08

October 10th, 2008 at 6:22 pm by Melissa

Down for the count Dish to pay TiVo $104 million – 10/06/08
The nation’s highest court today shut the door on EchoStar’s and Dish Network’s petitions for a final appeal of their patent infringement case. Now all they can hope is for mercy from TiVo, if they are to continue producing DVRs in the US. via Beta News

RealNetworks banned from selling RealDVD – 10/06/08
Less than a week ago, RealNetworks announced its RealDVD DVD-ripping software. About 24 hours later, they received news that six movie studios were suing to stop those software sales. The studios have won, it seems—at least temporarily. via Electronic House

One Response to “Friday Links 10.10.08”

  1. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com James Cain Says:

    …Yet another reason to love Linux :)