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Supreme Court Kills Aereo

posted by NCommander on Wednesday June 25 2014, @03:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept.

iwoloschin writes:

The United States Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 against Aereo, saying that Aereo's scheme to lease out thousands of tiny antennas doesn't differentiate it from a cable company, and therefore Aereo violates copyright law. "In a 6-3 opinion (PDF) written by Justice Steven Breyer, Aereo was found to violate copyright law. According to the opinion, the company is the equivalent of a cable company, which must pay licensing fees when broadcasting over-the-air content. "Viewed in terms of Congress; regulatory objectives, these behind-the-scenes technological differences do not distinguish Aereo's system from cable systems, which do perform publicly," reads the opinion."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Theophrastus on Wednesday June 25 2014, @05:01PM

    by Theophrastus (4044) on Wednesday June 25 2014, @05:01PM (#59960)

    I believe enforcing existing laws is the executive branch's job. (writing new laws: congress; checking that those laws are constitutional and interpreting actions against established law: judiciary) at least that's what "schoolhouse rock" would have us believe. (yet we really need a new set of those excellent cartoons to how K-street factors in)

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  • (Score: 1) by Max Hyre on Friday June 27 2014, @08:47PM

    by Max Hyre (3427) <{maxhyre} {at} {yahoo.com}> on Friday June 27 2014, @08:47PM (#61078)
    ...is everybody's business. The Constitution requires that the President swear to

    [...] preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
            -- said Constitution [archives.gov]

    and much the same goes for the VP, all of Congress, and Federal judges.

    Unfortunately, as observed in Cracking DES [cryptome.org], ``All too often, convincing Congress to violate the Constitution is like convincing a cat to follow a squeaking can opener[.]''