Undoubtedly the press will paint this as a victory for Cablevision's RS-DVR system which it is, but it's much more. It's another defeat for the media companies failed 25 year strategy to sue nearly every new technology which kicked off with the VCR and also includes the MP3 player. (Most people have forgotten the record labels ganged up and tried to get MP3 players outlawed. Thankfully they resoundingly lost.) Rather than work constructively to make new technology beneficial for them they try to halt its advancement with an army of attorneys. (They could have negotiated with Cablevision to make ads unskippable for example or even negotiated a small reasonable fee, but that opportunity is now likely lost.) More importantly it indicates the courts have not forgotten the consumer. Implicitly acknowledged is that consumers have the right to record, store and playback content - and it's OK for companies to help them in the process.