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NCommander
on Wednesday June 25 2014, @03:55PM
from the why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept.
from the why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept.
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 VLM on Wednesday June 25 2014, @05:38PM
ah don't try to rules lawyer with an old almost-QCWRA extra class, 97.113(a)(4) actually bans "messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning" which is interpreted as encryption but if anyone can't understand the meaning for whatever reason its still banned. So use Tolkien Elvish or Klingon all you want for pure fun on the air, but if you use it with the primary intent of obscuration you're THEN operating illegally. This was in fact a stereotypical ham radio holy war in the 70s and I don't remember how it turned out.
Or rephrased the problem has never been the mathematical act of encryption, its always been having the purpose of obscuration, for absolutely anyone not just the recipient.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 25 2014, @06:23PM
> its always been having the purpose of obscuration, for absolutely anyone not just the recipient.
When broadcast has been redefined to 1:1 there is no one else.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday June 25 2014, @06:55PM
That must cause fun with some American Indians. I'll wager that there aren't many FCC people who can understand any of the tribal languages.
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