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N.Y.C. AEREO SUED BY SEVERAL BROADCASTERS

gregg75

gregg75

Looks like the broadcasters aren't buying their "tiny antenna for each individual" claim.
Copyright infringement is their cry. BOTTOM LINE: Nobody will be able to broadcast over
the internet or elsewhere until Comcast does it for $70 a month.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401069,00.asp
 
Well that was a lawsuit waiting to happen. I think the courts will side with the plaintiffs. But then again I thought "Two and a Half Men," would fold without Charlie Sheen. See how much I know...

...Stay tuned... ???
 
Knew this would happen. The real bottom line is that tv stations won't stream over the internet until they decide to do it and figure out a way to make money on it.
 
They can sue but in the letter of the law it will be hard to prove a case. An antenna for every person takes out the element that created "Community Antenna TV."

This really is no different than letting someone else host your Slingbox and a set of rabbit ears.
 
w00t said:
This really is no different than letting someone else host your Slingbox and a set of rabbit ears.
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Which is an action for which I'm sure the television stations would love to send you a Cease and Desist order. But they probably don't know who is doing such things. Its much easier to sue a service provider who gets a story in the NY Times.
 
w00t said:
They can sue but in the letter of the law it will be hard to prove a case. An antenna for every person takes out the element that created "Community Antenna TV."

This really is no different than letting someone else host your Slingbox and a set of rabbit ears.
Click to expand...

This lawsuit will succeed and Aereo will not be allowed to proceed. Here's why: they're charging for this service and putting on the internet. It would be one thing if this were a true "community antenna TV" service. It is not. It's sending the signals to all manner of devices that could be anywhere inside or outside the NYC area. While the company may not allow someone like me (live in Texas) to sign up to receive the NYC signals, they can't assure that those signals won't be watched somewhere outside the area. The fact that all the antennas are in one place and people have to access a central hub for those signals further complicates this issue. It's like a CATV system that could transmit to anywhere in the world. Clearly, that would not be allowed for a normal CATV service under current law.

Slingbox is different because it is set up in the home. You're not accessing a Slingbox server in some central location, you're accessing your own personal box at home to look at the signals. Furthermore, it's set up so only one person can access that box at a time. I'm not sure broadcasters actually object to that because it allows local stations to be viewed and COUNTED BY NIELSEN IF THEY HAVE A NIELSEN BOX even when they're away from home. :)
 
Some doofus who used to work for the Pittsburgh Penguins moved to Toronto and tried this ten years ago.
He was quickly sued and shut down. Hiding behind the Canadian border did not seem to help him.
 
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