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Metropolitan New York area cable TV provider Cablevision Systems (News - Alert) said Tuesday that it will appeal a federal court ruling preventing the company from launching a next-generation digital video recorder service, according to online reports..
The service would reportedly allow Cablevision to record and store movies and TV shows on Cablevision’s own network servers, rather than on set-top boxes containing hard drives. The service would enable Cablevision to deliver the service using lower-cost set-top boxes, reports said.
Cablevision reportedly told The Associated Press that besides filing an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals, it would also seek an expedited review of the case. The company maintains that contrary to the federal court ruling last month, it doesn’t infringe copyright laws because users still control DVR operation.
According to reports, several Hollywood studios have sued Cablevision, claiming that the remote-storage system constitutes an additional, illegal broadcast of their programs.
"We continue to believe strongly that remote-storage DVR is permissible under current copyright law and offers significant benefits to consumers, including lower costs and faster deployment of this popular technology to our digital cable customers," Tom Rutledge, Cablevision's chief operating officer, was quoted as saying.
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