"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in
news:OQNwvMZuJHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
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>> Which pretty much agrees with what you said, Mike.
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>> Still - they could have done it knowingly, n'est-ce pas?
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>> I also wonder if it will be appealed further by MS...
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>> Maybe we could also start a long OT subthread about the iniquities
>> and inequities of out patent system and other IP systems. (I hope
>> not, and I promise not to post further if it happens!)
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>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom[/color]
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> Gene
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> That is what I was thinking exactly. There can't be too many ways to
> make a system that prevents piracy..[/color]

(Not turning this into an IP discussion) you're right there can't be too
many ways.

Look at the Tivo lawsuit against Dish Network because of some s/w issue
related to how the Dish DVR works...........There really can't be too
many different ways to pause/rewind live TV. You write the picture/audio
data to the HD, and then play it back delayed by x amount of time.