Days after the Supreme Court weighed in on digital copyright infringement issues in the MGM v. Grokster case, select consumer electronics chains began stocking a product some predict could spark the
entertainment industry's next showdown over intellectual property rights. New to the shelves of Best Buy and CompUSA this month is Slingbox, a brick-sized device that enables viewers to route the live
television signal coming into their homes to a portable device anywhere on the globe via broadband connection. Slingbox costs $250 and has no subsequent subscription fee; several stores sold out on
the first day.
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