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Aereo court case: Consumer control over TV vs. broadcaster copyrights |
April 21, 2014
The ability of television viewers to control and watch programs may be at stake when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a copyright infringement case brought by TV networks against Aereo, a service that streams over-the-air television online.
Justices will hear arguments from lawyers for 2-year-old Aereo and for a group of companies that operate TV networks, including ABC, CBS, Disney Enterprises, NBC Studios and the Public Broadcasting Service. The plaintiffs argue that Aereo is infringing their copyrights by charging customers a monthly fee to stream over-the-air-broadcasts to their mobile devices and television sets.
Aereo operates data centers filled with tiny TV antennas and leases each subscriber an individual antenna. Subscribers can watch live television or can record broadcasts for later viewing.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2146220/aereo-court-case-consumer-control-over-tv-vs-broadcaster-copyrights.html#tk.rss_all
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