CEA, CCIA, Internet Association File Amicus Brief Supporting Dish’s Ad-Skipping DVR

In an amicus (friend of the court) brief, the Consumer Electronics Association, Computer and Communications Industry Association and Internet Association took Dish's side in the lawsuit filed by broadcasters against the ad-skipping DVR.

The groups said that the Hopper was protected under the Supreme Court's Betamax decision. "[R]ecording for personal, private viewing does not infringe; nor does declining to watch commercials... There is simply no precedent for finding consumer copyright liability where, as here, recordings stay in the home, are made portable, or otherwise remain under the control of the consumer who made them," they argue.