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Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by Loughla on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @12:15PM (#7944878)
That feels immoral when I say it out loud. Do we not worry about intent and spirit of the law anymore?
Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by toomuchtodo on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @12:20PM (#7944915)
I have the right to receive over the air broadcasts, using public spectrum that broadcasters have been permitted to utilize. Where my antenna is, who owns it, and how I retrieve, view, or store that content is irrelevant.

Sometimes, the law is wrong. This is one of those cases. Aereo attempted to comply with the law, and was told they failed. Fine. Keep fine tuning your business model until you're just within the confines of legality. That is how the law works, no?

Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by Dylan16807 on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @07:46PM (#7947397)
When the intent of the law is to take something that's legal to do personally, and make it illegal to outsource, I'm not bothered by going against it by removing juuuust enough outsourcing.
Re:Supreme court: Aereo is violating copyright law [pdf] by jessaustin on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @12:24PM (#7944947)
The first person to do so will be a sucker. Seriously, look at how, why, and by whom laws are written. Ignore the marketing, whether it's from politicians or the pundits who parrot them.