Fox, NBCUniversal sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service
Fox and NBCUniversal have both separately sued Dish Network in a Los Angeles federal court over its new service that lets consumers skip TV ads. Dish's AutoHop service, which debuted earlier this month, has “irked” entertainment executives, according to the Associated Press.
Fox attacked Dish in fairly harsh terms in a statement today.
"We were given no choice but to file suit against one of our largest distributors, Dish Network, because of their surprising move to market a product with the clear goal of violating copyrights and destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the broadcast television ecosystem," the statement read. “Their wrongheaded decision requires us to take swift action in order to aggressively defend the future of free, over-the-air television."
from Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/05/fox-nbcuniversal-sue-dish-over-ad-...