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RE: [dvd-discuss] So what is SonicBlue selling? DO I have to use to usethespyware?


The original thread was

[dvd-discuss] Court-sanctioned spying on users
started by Scott Crosby. The URL was

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3186191.htm

THis strikes me as a Fouth Amendment violation....



Richard Hartman <hartman@onetouch.com>
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05/13/2002 11:27 AM
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I just got back from vacation and am reviewing old msgs.  I
am missing some context for this thread ... could someone
point me to information on the case where the court directed
the use of a spyware program?

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-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:33 AM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: [dvd-discuss] So what is SonicBlue selling? DO I
> have to use to
> use thespyware?
>
>
> http://www.sonicblue.com/video/replaytv/replaytv_4000_tech.asp
>
> SONICblue  reserves the right to automatically add, modify,
> or disable any
> features in the operating software when your ReplayTV 4000
> connects to our server.
>
> http://www.sonicblue.com/video/replaytv/replaytv_4000_faq.asp#13
>
>  Q. What does the free ReplayTV
>  service provide?
>  A. The ReplayTV service doesn't
>  require a monthly service fee for
>  operation. It provides your custom
>  channel guide data and
>  myreplaytv.com for programming your
>  ReplayTV while away from home over
>  the Internet
>
> OK so what is RePlayTV selling me? I purchased the unit. I
> OWN it yet they
> reserve the right to modify it without my permission and
> under the guise
> of giving me free monthy channel guides.
>
> Here's a subversive question...what would be the legal status
> of someone
> who modified his computer to search for and block the
> courts's directed
> spyware program to return NOTHING or a note stating that the
> information
> request has been blocked? Or what if somebody patches the
> executable to
> eliminate the spyware? Are they in contempt of court? Or
> suppose somebody
> finds a security flaw in the SonicBlue spyware and modifies it to do
> something nasty?
>