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Submission + - Microsoft to reach out to IBM, Cisco

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AlexGr

on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @01:29PM

AlexGr writes: "By Peter Galli (eWeek). Microsoft plans to reach out and work more closely with IBM and Cisco Systems on the interoperability front, as this is what its customers have told the software maker they want. Specifically, these moves follow feedback from members of Microsoft's Interoperability Executive Customer Council, which was established in June 2006 to solicit input from enterprise-level customers about exactly what they wanted from Microsoft. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2138207,00.as p"

Submission + - Is Place-Shifting Fair Use?

Submitted by Nom du Keyboard on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @12:40PM

Nom du Keyboard writes: Major League Baseball seems to want to control where you can watch their televised games, and they've set their sights on Slingbox. While you may be allowed to watch an ad-supported, or paid cable channel, of your team in your own home, MLB (and others) don't feel that includes watching it remotely in another city through your local broadcast. Although they call this "illegal distribution" (reminds you of the RIAA lawsuits), Sling Media has taken steps to ensure that only you can watch your own content, wherever you might be. While no one has yet been bold enough to actually test this in court (losing would be a disaster), does the content industry have the right to decide not only what and when (i.e. shows that can't be recorded for later viewing) you'll watch something, but where you have to watch it as well?

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