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Re:The Big [Censored] Theory by mbreese on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:27PM (#32645286)
This reminds me of how Aereo worked. They effectively built small little antennas that they could put in a data center. You’d then rent the antenna and stream data to your home instead of using your own antenna. This was found (Supreme Court) to be unauthorized as it was a “public performance”. This DVD streaming service would likely have fallen under the same category.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo

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Re:The Big [Censored] Theory by nkurz on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:32PM (#32645704)
While Aereo is certainly relevant, the 2011 "Warner Bros. Entertainment v. WTV Systems" is even more similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Entertainment_Inc....

WTV ran service called "Zediva" that streamed video from physical DVD players to customers. The District Court of Central California (the same court that ruled against VidAngel) decided that this violated the performance rights of the copyright holders.

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