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Well that sure was quick. Just this morning I was worried that one of the largest mobile phone forums would be in for the long legal-haul with the US’s largest mobile TV provider. As you’ll probably recall, Howard Forums’ (HoFo) owner, Howard Chui, was warned by MobiTV’s legal team to take down a post on HoFo that details how to get MobiTV’s live TV streams for free. Mr. Chui was told that if he did not take down the post and effectively censor his users, that MobiTV would be seeking to have HoFo shutdown.
So, what changed from this morning to this evening? It seems that MobiTV’s president, Paul Scanlan, decided to put an end to all the legal-threat nonsense and spoke with Howard mano-a-mano. Scanlan put the blame on his overzealous legal team that wanted to ensure the protection of the content providers’ TV streams. In fact, Scanlan told Mr. Chui that “we couldn’t be more supportive of the rights of sights like yours.”
Now ain’t that a bit of warm-your-heart news? All’s good on the HoFo front. Go about your business…
About The Author
Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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