jannlinder
03-11-03, 12:21 PM
[Also posted in the 1.10 thread, however it appears that it SHOULD go here.]:shrug:
I would like to know once and for al...is it legally possible or not...ie: Does Tivo have a patent (or copyright...etc) on name-based timers which Microsoft may or may not have licensed for the DishPlayer software. If they DO have legal right to the "idea" of Name-Based timers, shouldn't there be an easy way around it a la Amazon.com's one-click ordering (a lot of web merchants have gotten around that one). AND...if we can't use name-based timers to record, can't we at least WARN people if there are other versions of the same show on later--allowing them to change the timer themselves?
Maybe by automatically adding any and all show names which have timers to the search listings? I can't tell you how many times i have missed a "special" CSI 'cos of the fact that CBS has moved it or shown it on a "Special Night". Also, short of name-based recording, can't Dish implement a Search feature that happens automatically in the background and would alert you (using the NEVER-EVER-EVER-USED MESSAGE FUNCTION) if one of your searches all of the sudden MATCHED a new program which it hadn't shown you in the past...thus reminding us of new shows or changes in show's times?!?
I would like to know once and for al...is it legally possible or not...ie: Does Tivo have a patent (or copyright...etc) on name-based timers which Microsoft may or may not have licensed for the DishPlayer software. If they DO have legal right to the "idea" of Name-Based timers, shouldn't there be an easy way around it a la Amazon.com's one-click ordering (a lot of web merchants have gotten around that one). AND...if we can't use name-based timers to record, can't we at least WARN people if there are other versions of the same show on later--allowing them to change the timer themselves?
Maybe by automatically adding any and all show names which have timers to the search listings? I can't tell you how many times i have missed a "special" CSI 'cos of the fact that CBS has moved it or shown it on a "Special Night". Also, short of name-based recording, can't Dish implement a Search feature that happens automatically in the background and would alert you (using the NEVER-EVER-EVER-USED MESSAGE FUNCTION) if one of your searches all of the sudden MATCHED a new program which it hadn't shown you in the past...thus reminding us of new shows or changes in show's times?!?