May 4 2002

Sonicblue ordered to track subscribers

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In response to a lawsuit filed by a slew of heavyweight entertainment companies, a federal magistrate has ordered Sonicblue to monitor customers’ activities to find out what TV programming they record, duplicate or send to others–a situation the company says is tantamount to forced spying.
“We’re being ordered to spy on our customers; that’s the most direct way of looking at it,” said Ken Potashner, chief executive of the digital video recorder company.

Privacy advocates were also concerned
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