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."
(Score: 1) by Max Hyre on Friday June 27 2014, @08:47PM
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[.]''