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[QUOTE=&quot;dkreichen1968, post: 98587, member: 6026&quot;]Read More:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-24/verizon-to-pay-more-than-260-million-in-activevideo-suit">Verizon to Pay More Than $510 Million to TiVo, ActiveVideo - Businessweek</a>Patent protection is meant to encourgage innovation by preventing the &quot;theft&quot; of &quot;intellectual property&quot;, but it also increases prices by preventing competition during the protection period.&nbsp; In theory that pays for the cost of development.&nbsp; It also has a tendency to pay the salaries of lots of lawyers, and can be deadly to any small business that steps on a patent landmine.&nbsp; As an &quot;inventor&quot; myself I have to have some respect for the system, but in some ways I have to wonder if we wouldn't be better off without it.&nbsp; This outcome means that TiVo can declare open season on most other multi-channel video programming distributors since most use almost identical equipment to Verizon FiOS and Dish Network.&nbsp; Expect &quot;cable tv&quot; service to continue to go up in price, especially if you rent a DVR!!![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="dkreichen1968, post: 98587, member: 6026"]Read More: [url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-24/verizon-to-pay-more-than-260-million-in-activevideo-suit]Verizon to Pay More Than $510 Million to TiVo, ActiveVideo - Businessweek[/url] Patent protection is meant to encourgage innovation by preventing the "theft" of "intellectual property", but it also increases prices by preventing competition during the protection period. In theory that pays for the cost of development. It also has a tendency to pay the salaries of lots of lawyers, and can be deadly to any small business that steps on a patent landmine. As an "inventor" myself I have to have some respect for the system, but in some ways I have to wonder if we wouldn't be better off without it. This outcome means that TiVo can declare open season on most other multi-channel video programming distributors since most use almost identical equipment to Verizon FiOS and Dish Network. Expect "cable tv" service to continue to go up in price, especially if you rent a DVR!!![/QUOTE]

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