Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Some providers want you to pay for TV twice

There's a battle brewing over whether it's legal to watch a TV program in a location other than your home. In this article, products like Sling are shown to make it possible to access your cable box or PVR from any internet-connected device - like your laptop while you're on a road trip.

"...a cable subscriber in San Francisco who watches a Giants baseball game from his or her laptop during a visit to Chicago is stealing from the Chicago cable operator who paid to transmit MLB games in that city..."

Even though you've already paid for that content via your local cable company. "Technology is forcing changes on businesses before they have time to devise strategies to deal with them."

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