{"id":1116,"date":"2012-10-20T15:25:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T15:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncjolt.org\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2020-06-04T20:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:54:06","slug":"unlimited-playback-the-cloud-takeover-of-dvr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/blogs\/unlimited-playback-the-cloud-takeover-of-dvr\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlimited Playback: The Cloud Takeover of DVR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, October 19, 2012, by Virginia Wooten
\nOver the past few years, missing a favorite show or event on television has become a minor ordeal thanks to the invention of DVR<\/a>.\u00a0 Viewers can set the DVR to record their favorite show, movie or television event.\u00a0 Although DVR often saves the day for avid television viewers, crises can arise when too many shows fill up DVR storage space and prevent the recording of new material.\u00a0 Just imagine coming home to find that your latest recording of \u201cHoney Boo Boo Child\u201d<\/a> wasn\u2019t actually recorded because the 24-hour marathon of \u201cJersey Shore\u201d<\/a> used up the entire DVR storage space.\u00a0 Boxee TV<\/a> recently took a step towards solving this problem for good by introducing the \u201cNo Limits DVR.\u201d <\/a>\u00a0
\nInstead of storing the video content on a local hard-drive like most DVRs, the No Limits DVR utilizes cloud storage<\/a> to offer customers unlimited space to store any television content they desire.\u00a0 This use of cloud storage technology reflects the trend of companies to use the cloud to store everything from entertainment to private data and information.\u00a0 Companies like Rackspace<\/a> and Google<\/a> were some of the first to utilize the cloud, but now more companies want a piece of the cloud pie.<\/p>\n

However, customers must still remain aware of some of the legal concerns of storing their data in the cloud<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, customers must still remain aware of some of the legal concerns<\/a> of storing their data in the cloud.\u00a0 Cloud storage requires the use of a physical space location, and this location could play a key role if a dispute arises over the stored material.\u00a0 For example, if there is a security breach at a cloud storage provider located in the U.S. then it is assumed that legal jurisdiction<\/a> would be in the U.S.\u00a0 However, what if this customer is Canadian?\u00a0 Would the physical location be considered the scene of the incident and allow jurisdiction in the U.S. even though the information might have been accessed from Canada?\u00a0 Because the nature of cloud computing allows files to be accessed from almost anywhere in the world, finding the right place of jurisdiction could become tricky.
\nFurthermore, many customers who use cloud storage will place their own data into these sites.\u00a0 If someone stores a video in the cloud, do the owners of the cloud now have any rights over this data?\u00a0 Does the data remain in the customer\u2019s complete ownership or does the owner relinquish some rights when using the cloud? \u00a0Governments around the world are considering these types of issues with the cloud, including Australia, which released a publication on \u201cCopyright and the Digital Economy.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Regarding the storage of data like medical records, these issues become even more complicated with statutes like HIPAA<\/a>, where protection of this data is federally mandated.
\nRight now, customers can look to what is contained in the contracts<\/a> they sign with the cloud providers to see what rights are retained or relinquished within the cloud.\u00a0 Considering this technology is still new and somewhat limited in availability, customers may not have the upper hand in bargaining with companies like Google<\/a> or Microsoft<\/a> to demand more favorable contract clauses.\u00a0 Nevertheless, as cloud storage becomes more common, customers will hopefully have more rights and options when it comes to unlimited storage.\u00a0 With any luck, the cloud won\u2019t be raining on many parades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday, October 19, 2012, by Virginia Wooten Over the past few years, missing a favorite show or event on television has become a minor ordeal thanks to the invention of DVR.\u00a0 Viewers can set the DVR to record their favorite show, movie or television event.\u00a0 Although DVR often saves the day for avid television viewers, …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7675,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/7675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}