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Sling Takes Notes From Content Industry On Making Content Less Useful

Over on techdirt.com, Joe writes:

Since the inception of the Sling Media's Slingbox, the company has been at odds with content owners who aren't comfortable with flexibility that place shifting offers consumers. Now Sling Media has found itself in the position of battling with another company selling a product that extends the functionality of the Slingbox.

A company called Applian Technologies released its own device that allowed Slingbox users to make recordings of television content.

In response, Sling Media has started encrypting its data, which not only blocks out Applian's device, but also disables some functionality to its users, such as the ability to use a Slingbox along with file-sharing apps.

posted by Fergie @ 7/20/2006 04:01:00 PM