Local PVR bypasses the strict rights and licensing regulations, as well as other limitations, that often prevent the network itself from providing "on demand" access to certain programmes.
In Greece, On Telecoms offers an NPVR service to all subscribers in their basic package with all the programming of all major national Greek TV channels for the last 72 hours.
The user has to sign in their contract that they agree that the company will record national programming of the last 72 hours for them so that they can get around any legal implications (like the ones mentioned in the NPVR article) as this service would work like a personal PVR.
In June 2009 the US Supreme Court refused to hear a final appeal in the Cablevision remote DVR case, thereby bringing the years-long litigation to a close.
As such, Cloud DVRs (that have not sought licenses from broadcasters) have been challenged and have had mixed results in various jurisdictions, as analysed by the law firm Olswang.
MediaCorp was represented by Drew and Napier CEO and Senior Counsel, Davinder Singh who cross-examined Carlos Fernandes over 3.5 days during the trial.
Carlos Nicholas Fernandes was subsequently named[6] as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum.
William Patry and David Post both well known legal scholars in the area of copyright wrote about the case on their respective blogs prior to the appeal.