In this regard, the Streambox VCR is more like an illegal black box cable descrambler that allows a user to intercept an encoded cable signal without paying for it. RealJukebox is a personal music organization system that allows consumers to make personal use copies of compact discs that the consumers have already purchased. The Streambox products allow consumers to make copies of content without purchasing the content in any format. Moreover, RealJukebox only makes copies from unprotected formats, such as compact discs. The RealJukebox does not circumvent any copyright protection mechanisms.
Broadcasters own the original material.
If they wish to encode their files in other formats, they have the ability to do so directly from the original material. Decompressing and recompressing in other formats substantially degrades the quality of the file and the end-user experience.