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So "fair use" has some grounding. DVRs are legal. Tivo is legal. Network DVRs that are logically identical to DVRs (individual recordings commanded by customer, individual copies stored, etc) are legal.

We'll see how this progresses. First Cablevision has to deploy what they've been arguing for. Then we'll see how that deployment goes. Then Cablevision will comment on their cost savings. Then maybe other MSOs will talk about deploying the same thing.

Then... maybe Cablevision will on its own start talking about a version that doesn't store individual copies, and makes the whole thing more scalable. Will the media companies sue again? Would they win or lose this time? What if the file system still has individual directories with "soft links" to the master copy, or just treats all of this as some form of "directory compression". Eventually, Cablevision will get this ruled legal.

And maybe recording things you didn't ask for, but might like comes along soon. Then recording everything, and allowing you access to all of it.

It will take Y-E-A-R-S, but eventually, this will be a significant step vs. your private DVR.]]>Jun 30th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-remote-storage-dvr-appeal-cloud/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-remote-storage-dvr-appeal-cloud/Jun 30th 2009 7:13PM