p2pnet news view TV:- In an ongoing battle of technology giants TiVo and EchoStar (DISH) over outright control over DVR functionality, it seems the galactic war between these two just got a little stranger. Instead of devoting time, effort, and significant resources towards improving the customer experience, these two pillars of industry are flushing massive amounts of money into the court systems in utter diabolical control over who gets the biggest piece of the DVR pie, and the customer’s money.

While TiVo has certainly been winning this battle, it appears now that TiVo wants $1 Billion dollars, that’s with a B, from EchoStar in a sealed motion demanding sanctions for contempt and a permanent injunction.

While typical competition improves the final product and the customer benefits, it doesn’t seem to be the avenue of least resistance when it comes to huge corporations and their share-holders. Absolute market dominance is the trend of late, and the leverage of preferences is now a battalion of lawyers to extract every ounce of blood possible.

Marshall, Texas seems to be the venue of choice lately for litigation concerning patents and infringement on patents, and nobody knows this better than TiVo, who recently bought a cow in efforts for forward its’ agenda in this particular arena.

While the constituents of Texas are overjoyed that their prized Grand Champion Steer auctioned off in the Harrison County Cattlemen’s Ball went for a whopping $10,000 dollars, I fail to see how this improves relations with the rest of TiVo’s customers.

You can’t make this shit up!

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