Re:In Aereo, Supreme Court Rightly Skeptical About Becoming ...
by URSpider94 on Saturday April 26, 2014 @03:26AM
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I'd like to know what the court would think about a service that really is not much more than an antenna with a long cord. But doesn't seem like we will get that here.
So, an antenna with a long cord. A cable, you might say. We could call it "cable television." And therein lies the rub -- if cable TV providers pay for the right to retransmit local television stations, then the "long antenna" defense might not get them very far.
So, an antenna with a long cord. A cable, you might say. We could call it "cable television." And therein lies the rub -- if cable TV providers pay for the right to retransmit local television stations, then the "long antenna" defense might not get them very far.