Kaleidescape

Infobox Company
company_name = Kaleidescape, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Mountain View, California
(February, 2001)
location = Mountain View, California
and Waterloo, Ontario
key_people = Michael Malcolm, CEO
Cheena Srinivasan, COO
num_employees = 140cite news
last = Takahashi
first = Dean
title = Kaleidescape launches DVD upscalers to compete with Blu-ray
publisher = The Industry Standard
date = 2008-06-18
url = http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/06/18/kaleidescape-launches-dvd-upscalers-compete-blu-ray
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ]
homepage = [http://www.kaleidescape.com/ kaleidescape.com]

Kaleidescape, Inc. is a Sunnyvale, California-based private company, founded in 2001, which designs multi-room home entertainment server systems that store and stream video and audio content (such as movies, television shows, and music) to "player" appliances connected to televisions.cite news
last = Rothman
first = Wilson
title = A Movie Library In Your Living Room
publisher = New York TImes
date = 2006-09-27
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/technology/circuits/27serv.html
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ] The company began marketing its products in 2003.cite news
last = Healey
first = Jon
title = Lawsuit may cause DVD jukebox to tilt
publisher = Los Angeles Times
date = 2005-04-18
url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002244360_btdvdpiracy18.html
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ] The company's research and development operations are based in Waterloo, Ontario.

History

Kaleidescape was founded in 2001 by Michael Malcolm, Dan Collens, and Cheena Srinivasan. Malcolm had previously founded Network Appliance and CacheFlow.cite news
last = Healey
first = Jon
title = Lawsuit may cause DVD jukebox to tilt
publisher = Los Angeles Times
date = 2005-04-18
url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002244360_btdvdpiracy18.html
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ] Malcolm self-funded the startup, and the company spent over two years developing its technology in "stealth mode". Kaleidescape is reported to be "solidly" profitable and was funded without venture capital money, although it does not disclose its finances as a private company.cite news
last = Hebert
first = Robert
title = A Movie Library In Your Living Room
publisher = StoneWood Group
date = 2008-03-13
url = http://www.stonewoodgroup.com/images/news/MichaelMalcolm.pdf
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ]

Fair Use

In 2004, the consortium behind digital video disc technology, the DVD Copy Control Association, sued Kaleidescape over its "jukebox" technology, in an attempt to stop the company from allowing its customers to rip, store, and stream video from DVD sources.cite news
last = Wong
first = May
title = Film industry group sues DVD jukebox maker
publisher = USA Today
date = 2004-12-08
url = http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/entertainment/2004-12-08-multidvd-suit_x.htm?csp=34%3E
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ] The case was considered by some to be an important recent test of fair use precedent,cite news
last = Hachman
first = Mark
title = Can You Legally Rip a DVD? Trial to Test 'Fair Use'
publisher = The Industry Standard
date = 2007-03-25
url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260961,00.html
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ] given advancements in technology and the digital media rights fieldcite news
last = Merritt
first = Rick
title = Trial Could Test Digital Media Rights
publisher = InformationWeek
date = 2007-03-16
url = http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198001817
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ] . In 2007, the company won the casecite news
last = Merritt
first = Rick
title = Judge Rules Against DVD Consortium
publisher = InformationWeek
date = 2007-03-29
url = http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198701302
accessdate = 2008-06-24 ] .

References

External links

* [http://kaleidescape.com Kaleidescape]
* [http://www.hoovers.com/Kaleidescape,-Inc./--HD__rtsrctcyr,src__dbi--/free-co-dnb_factsheet.xhtml Kaleidescape, Inc. Hoover's Factsheet]