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posted by NCommander on Wednesday June 25 2014, @03:55PM   Printer-friendly
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 evilviper on Wednesday June 25 2014, @11:14PM

    by evilviper (1760) on Wednesday June 25 2014, @11:14PM (#60114) Homepage Journal

    Also I think you're confusing broadband and broadcast

    You think wrong. Read more closely. It was a similar example of legal wording being contradictory to technical wording.

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