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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I haven't heard anything, but I would be very surprised if there wasn't a long queue of publishers lining up to sue them out of existence. VCR and mp3 players would have gone the same way if they didn't have some very rich and very stubborn backers.
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The test of legality has always been whether or not a device has significant non-copyright-infringing uses. That's been the case since video recorders first appeared on the scene; courts ruled that although they could be used to infringe copyright (by copying tapes) they could also be used for entirely legal purposes, such as time-shifting TV programmes, and hence were OK to sell.
The question is whether or not this device has a significant non-infringing purpose.