ANTENNAS FOR US ALL: HOW AEREO WOUND UP AT THE SUPREME COURT
The question of whether online broadcast television is to remain in the hands of a stodgy industry that once declared the VCR the enemy is being put directly before the Supreme Court.
In 1976, what was Congress saying about the future of television?
Broadcasters' latest legal target is 2-year-old upstart Aereo—which retransmits over-the-air broadcast television using dime-sized antennas to paying consumers, who can watch TV online or record it for later viewing. Broadcasters like ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and others haven't given Aereo permission to do that, and they say it violates US copyright law.
Read the full story at "Ars Technica" here:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/...
In 1976, what was Congress saying about the future of television?
Broadcasters' latest legal target is 2-year-old upstart Aereo—which retransmits over-the-air broadcast television using dime-sized antennas to paying consumers, who can watch TV online or record it for later viewing. Broadcasters like ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and others haven't given Aereo permission to do that, and they say it violates US copyright law.
Read the full story at "Ars Technica" here:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/...
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- 1Posted by SRS66East 10 years agoThe networks are a bunch of greedy elitist idiots. 1/3 + of their time is devoted to advertising, which painfully few people watch anyway thanks to VCR and now DVR. We don't like commercials and never have.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by Zenphamy 10 years agoI've never been able to grasp the arguments put forth by anyone that openly broadcasts their content into the open air, available to anyone with an antenna, could argue against someone that simply amplifies and re-transmits that signal for those that can't otherwise receive it.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
