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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by emehrkay on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:28AM (#7944070)
How exactly does Aereo work? You rent an antenna from them, they record the show for you, and you can play it back at a later time?
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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by mason55 on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:30AM (#7944086)
You can view OTA content live and record what you're watching just like a DVR. They don't proactively record for you.
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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by pbreit on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:45AM (#7944209)
That's one version. The other is that you simply watch the show in near-real-time, just as you would if the camera were sitting in your window.

IANAL, but felt like the DVR functionality really clouded the case and possibly skewed it away from Aereo. Harder to claim you are merely an antenna when you are recording, too.

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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by Guvante on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:30AM (#7944087)
They work like a DVR, you can set a show to record and it will save a copy just for you using your antenna.
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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by danielweber on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:00AM (#7944347)
(It sucks you got downvoted for asking an earnest question.)
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