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REPORTS, YOUR DEVICE COULD BE
ILLEGAL.
TAMMY: STREAMING MEDIA PLAYERS
ALLOW YOU TO CONNECT TO THE
INTERNET AND GRANDPA MOVIES OR
TV SHOWS.
-- AND GRAB MOVIES OR TV SHOWS.
BUT THERE IS A NEW BOX IN TOWN
THAT COULD BE TOO GOOD TO BE
TRUE.
>> WHAT IT DOES IS IT SCRAPES
THE CLOUD AND BRINGS IN VIDEO
FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES.
TAMMY: DANNY WILLIAMS AND
CLINTON MOSES SELL THE KINO BOX
OUT OF THEIR JACKSON RESTAURANT.
WILLIAMS SAYS IT'S THE NEXT HOT
THING IN STREAMING.
SO WHERE ARE THESE PROGRAMS
COMING FROM?
>> THEY'RE COMING FROM THE
CLOUD. JUST LIKE THE CABLE IS.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE CABLE
COMPANY CHARGES YOU TO FILTER
THE SAME INFORMATION TO YOUR
HOME.
TAMMY: THE SYSTEM COSTS $350.
THEY CLAIM AFTER THAT,
EVERYTHING IS UP FOR GRABS.
FROM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING
TO PREMIUM CHANNELS AND MORE.
LET'S SAY THE FIGHT'S COMING ON
TONIGHT, CAN I GET THAT?
>> YES MA'AM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
GET THE FIGHT.
TAMMY: EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON PAY
PER VIEW.
>> YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT EVEN
THOUGH IT'S ON PAY PER VIEW.
TAMMY: I'M FLOORED.
EVEN THOUGH IT IS ON
PAY-PER-VIEW, THOSE WITH
SATELLITE AND PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY
FOR IT.
-- AND CABLE HAS TO PAY FOR IT.
>> BASICALLY IT'S BEING
STREAMED, THAT MEANS IT IS FREE.
TAMMY: I WOULD
THINK GETTING
MOVIES AND NOBODY PAYING FOR
THEM WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
>> YOU ARE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR
IT.
WHEN YOU PURCHASE THE BOX, YOU
ARE PAYING FOR THE RIGHT TO USE
THE BOX AS A FILTERING DEVICE.
TAMMY: THOSE MOVIES INCLUDED?
SOME THAT ARE STILL IN THE
THEATER.
SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF
LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY SAYS
YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT.
>> MY PARENTS TOLD ME WHEN
SOMETHING'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,
IT PROBABLY IS.
AND IF YOU TELL ME I CAN WATCH
"DEADPOOL" WITHOUT LEAVING THE
COMFORT OF MY HOME AND PAYING
$20 AND SITTING IN A THEATER
WITH STICKY SEATS, THAT'S TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE.
TAMMY: STEFFY SAYS THERE ARE
LEGAL QUESTIONS HERE.
>> YOU HEAR THIS ON THE
SUPERBOWL REBROADCAST
RETRANSMISSION -- WITHOUT THE
EXPRESSED WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
NFL IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THAT'S NOT A REBROADCAST OF A
COPYRIGHTED PIECE OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TO PULL IT
OUT OF THE AIR.
>> HBO ZONE, ACTION MAX EAST, 5
STAR MAX.
TAMMY: IS THIS LEGAL?
>> ACCORDING TO A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM KINO BOX, SPOKE TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO IN TURN
SPOKE WITH PARAMOUNT PICTURES.
THEY SAY IT IS LEGAL.
TAMMY: IT IS LEGAL?
TAMMY: >> YES IT IS.
TAMMY: WE CHECKED WITH THE AG'S
OFFICE.
A SPOKESPERSON SAYS SHE DIDN'T
REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION
OFFHAND BUT THAT IT DID FALL
, UNDER FEDERAL COPYRIGHT RULES.
THEY'RE RESEARCHING THE RULES
RIGHT NOW.
>> I THOUGHT THIS WAS A LESSON
WE LEARNED WITH NAPSTER.
YOU KNOW MY RIGHT TO BUY A DVD
DOESN'T INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO
COPY IT AND GIVE IT TO YOU.
THERE WILL BE NO END TO THE
POPULARITY OF THIS.
I WILL BE FIRST IN LINE IF I CAN
CUT THE CORD FOR A $350 DOLLAR
FEE.
[LAUGHTER]
I'LL DO IT YESTERDAY AND I WILL
PAY THE EARLY TERMINATION FEE.
THERE WOULD BE DANCING IN THE
STREET.
IF WE COULD BRUSH OFF OUR CABLE
AND INTERNET THIS WAY.
TAMMY: SO ARE YOU GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SELL THIS?
>> YEAH, I'LL CONTINUE TO SELL
UNTIL IT BECOMES ILLEGAL TO