...the system contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction
department, etc:


NETWORKS SEE THREAT IN NEW VIDEO RECORDER
Issue:  Television
Three years ago, television executives watched as so-called personal
video
recorders allowed viewers, for the first time, to pause and replay
programming even as it was being broadcast. The new recorders can even
tape
one program while the viewer is watching another. But last week, one
company
appeared to have crossed the networks' line in the sand - by making it
easier to skip commercials. ABC, CBS and NBC filed a lawsuit against
SonicBlue, maker of the ReplayTV personal video recorder, arguing that
the
latest version of the ReplayTV device would deprive them of revenue and
reduce their incentive to create programming. The three big networks are

hoping to block sales of the device, which also lets viewers send stored

programs to other users over the Internet, a feature the three networks
says
infringes their copyrights.
 [SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Laurie J. Flynn]
(http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05TIVO.html)
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