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Originally Posted by HarryT
I think the argument was that this was a device whose PURPOSE was to skip the ads, and hence infringe copyright. However, as I said in my previous post, provided that was not its PRIMARY purpose, the precident set by the Universal v. Sony case would almost certainly apply.
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I wouldn't have thought so, because with a VCR you would still need to watch the adverts, even if it was at a very high speed. With this one, if it is the one I'm thinking about, you just pressed a button and it skipped straight to the start of the programme.
That sounds like legalised murder to me.