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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 07 2014, @05:32AM
A weak digital signal leads to freezing and pixellating which is annoying enough to be unwatchable. An analog signal might get snowy, but the video continues on and the audio continues on and the show is not constantly interupted.
(Score: 1) by evilviper on Friday March 07 2014, @02:50PM
This is completely wrong. A signal so weak that a digital tuner can't lock on it, will be indistinguishable from background static. It won't just be staticy, it'll be 99% white static snow. And when it's just strong enough that a digital tuner could make a PERFECT picture out of it, the analog signal would be black and white, rolling vertically/horizontally, sound like they're whispering in front of Niagra falls, etc.
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