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Justice Dept Backing Broadcasters Against Aereo

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:16AM   
from the justice-for-whom dept.

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."

• Re:makes sense (Score: 3, Interesting) by evilviper on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:16PM

  by evilviper (1760) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:16PM (#11524) Homepage Journal

  No, cable companies can do the same thing as Aereo... The broadcast channels will just be delievered "OnDemand" like PPV / Movies / etc., instead of a normal channel on the dial.

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