DISH Applauds Copyright Ruling Upholding Rights of Consumers to Use Slingbox and Other Key Hopper Features
January 20 2015 - 7:21PM
Business Wire
- Decision is first to apply Supreme
Court’s opinion in Aereo to other technology
- Decision Upholds Rights of Consumers to
use AutoHop, PrimeTime Anytime and Transfers Features
Today, the United States District Court, Central District of
California, publicly released its summary judgment decision
upholding the rights of consumers under U.S. copyright law to use
SlingboxTM technology and the AutoHopTM, PrimeTime AnytimeTM and
Transfers features of DISH’s Hopper® Whole-Home HD DVR.
The following statement is attributable to R. Stanton Dodge,
DISH executive vice president and general counsel:
“This decision is the sixth in a string of victories in federal
courts on both coasts for the American consumer related to our
Hopper Whole-Home DVR platform. We are proud to have stood by their
side in this important fight over fundamental rights of consumer
choice and control.
“DISH is pleased that the Court has again sided with consumers
by issuing a summary judgment decision upholding their rights under
U.S. copyright law to use Slingbox technology and the AutoHop,
PrimeTime Anytime and Transfers features of the Hopper Whole-Home
HD DVR.
“Consumers are the winners today, as the Court sided with them
on the key copyright issues in this case. This decision has far
reaching significance, because it is the first to apply the Supreme
Court's opinion in Aereo to other technology.
“We will continue to vigorously defend consumers’ rights to
choice and control over their viewing experience.”
Slingbox technology, which is built into DISH’s
second-generation Hopper Whole-Home DVR, provides a DISH customer,
once they receive a television signal in their home, with the
capability to remotely view that signal from a single
Internet-connected device (mobile phone, tablet or PC). Slingbox
technology has been available since 2005 and this action was the
first to seek to enjoin it.
With the PrimeTime Anytime feature, users have the ability to
easily record the primetime shows on up to each of the four
broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) and save them for up to
eight days. The AutoHop feature can be enabled by users to
play back certain PrimeTime Anytime recordings commercial-free.
With the Transfers feature, a DISH customer can move or
duplicate certain Hopper DVR recordings made by the customer to a
mobile phone or tablet; and no Internet connection is needed for
viewing.
DISH statements regarding prior Court decisions regarding DISH’s
Hopper:
July 14, 2014: Court of Appeals Upholds DISH Hopper Ruling
September 23, 2013: DISH Applauds Decision Allowing Consumers to
Continue to Enjoy Place-Shifting Technology
September 18, 2013: Federal Judge Denies ABC Call to Bar Hopper
Features
July 24, 2013: Court of Appeals Upholds DISH Hopper Ruling
Nov. 7, 2012: DISH Cheers Ruling on AutoHop, PrimeTime
Anytime
About DISH
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), through its subsidiary DISH
Network L.L.C., provides approximately 14.041 million satellite TV
customers, as of Sept. 30, 2014, with the highest-quality
programming and technology with the most choices at the best value.
Subscribers enjoy a high definition line-up with more than 200
national HD channels, the most international channels, and
award-winning HD and DVR technology. DISH Network Corp. is a
Fortune 250 company. Visit www.dish.com.
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