In the Courts

In other Cablevision news Wed, the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit heard arguments in the MSO’s remote storage DVR case. "We are pleased we had the opportunity to make our case to the Court of Appeals, and continue to believe that remote-storage DVR is a technology that holds real benefits for consumers," the MSO said. Several content companies, including major movie studios, sued over the planned service. A federal court in Mar ruled that the service would have violated content providers’ copyrights. — In settling a NY state investigation of ’04 actions, Verizon Wireless agreed to reimburse certain broadband subs $1mln for wrongful account termination, and $150K in penalties and costs to the state for marketing 2 broadband plans as "unlimited," when in fact actions such as downloading movies and playing online were prohibited.