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Totally understand where you're coming from, we the same concern at the beginning. We read through a bunch of TOSs and found that some prohibit the bars from mo
by npalansky 7y ago
Totally understand where you're coming from, we the same concern at the beginning. We read through a bunch of TOSs and found that some prohibit the bars from modifying the stream, but they're allowed to change the channel / input whenever they want. We specifically designed our hardware to comply with this by changing the input on the TV instead of modifying the cable stream.
- AdamJacobMuller 7y agoThis was my initial thought as well and this is a very clever way of splitting the baby. I hope you don't get sued out of existence.
- goodside 7y agoWhat prevents the TOS from changing to prohibit any automated attempt to circumvent the display of ads? The providers would have a huge incentive to do this if you become successful.
- mNovak 7y agoSomehow TiVo made it all these years on the premise of dodging ads. Not 1:1, but it gives hope.
- mortenjorck 7y agoI'd consider this inevitable, but that just makes it a race to strike a revenue-sharing (and integration) deal with the providers.
- quickthrower2 7y agoThats a loophole. I’ll bet that’ll get closed if this is successful. I think you’d need to work with tv providers not against them.
- babypuncher 7y agoIt may be a loophole, but I have a hard time seeing how it could be closed. Telling users they can't change the channel or turn off their TV when an ad is playing will never fly.
- wrkronmiller 7y agoIANAL but I imagine they could throw in words like “automated” to work around that, assuming anyone reads the TOS and cares to begin with
- quickthrower2 7y agoIt depends who has the most power and BATNA. The sports network or the bar owner? Home viewers are a different thing.