Although public policy isn’t really our niche, there are occasional bits of regulation that are notable for the future products they herald, like the approval yesterday by the FCC of a plan by TiVo to allow sharing of recorded content to up to 10 other users via a new service called TiVoToGo. The first implementations will probably be local network — sending to other TiVos and PCs around your house — but there’s certainly the possibility that sharing over the internet could be implemented, as well.
Unless the approval gets shut down by the numerous groups protesting the approval — something not as likely as I at first thought, as at least nine other DRM-encumbered sharing schemes were approved in addition to TiVos, creating sort of an insta-lobby — we probably won’t pay this too much mind until products using the TiVoToGo service are implemented. But we thought you might at least like to know it’s coming.
Read – TiVo gets FCC approval for video sharing [ArsTechnica]
Read – Original TiVoToGo Press Release [Tivo]
Read – TiVo Wins Nod for Users to Share Digital Shows [ReutersUK]
