Cablevision isn’t ready to throw in the towel on the “networked DVR”: the company has decided to appeal a District Court ruling barring it from deploying the device. Known as the RS-DVR, the service would perform all of the same functions as a DVR, but the DVR’s physical storage would be located in a Cablevision server room rather than in a set-top box.
Television networks were appalled at the idea, accusing Cablevision of rebroadcasting their content without their permission and infringing on their copyrights. US District Court Judge Denny Chin agreed, saying that the deployment and use of the RS-DVR would constitute a “public performance of plaintiffs’ copyrighted works.”
In a statement released today, Cablevision said that it would seek an expedited review of its appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The cable company faulted Judge Chin’s “misapplication of modern copyright law” and said that his ruling could have “broader negative implications for technological innovation.”
“We continue to believe strongly that [the] 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,” said Cablevision Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge in a statement.
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