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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by silverbax88 on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @12:12PM (#7944848)
You missed one:

Hulu - pays a fee to creators for use which it recoups/profits from ads

Aereo - pays no fee to creator, still profits from ads

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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by ynniv on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @12:13PM (#7944857)
Broadcast television contains inline ads that compensate the broadcaster, who then compensates the creator.
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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by IanDrake on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @12:34PM (#7945035)
>still profits from ads

I must have missed something. How do they profit from ads?

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