Fluffeh writes:
"Following up on our earlier story, the Justice Department has filed in the Supreme Court supporting Broadcasters in their case against Aereo the company that rents a small antenna for each customer, lets them record free to air TV, the streams it back to them anywhere.
The Justice Department argues that by doing so, they are allowing their customers to 'gain access to copyrighted content in the first instance, the same service that cable companies have traditionally provided.' but do so without paying broadcasters a license fee to do so. Aereo has argued that it isn't violating federal copyright laws and isn't threatening the future of the broadcast industry. Company executives have argued in public and in court filings that the service appeals to cord cutters and will help broadcasters keep those viewers."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Foobar Bazbot on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:06PM
That shouldn't matter. But Aereo wants to file this case under "won", not "should have won", so they're dealing with reality instead of theory. In reality, we have quite a few judges who care more about maintenance of the status quo than about the law as written, so a successful case has to include reassurances for them.