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Re:An Update on Aereo by DerpDerpDerp on Saturday June 28, 2014 @03:25PM (#7959044)
Except that the particular beams of light being discussed are intentionally meant by the broadcasters as resources for the public as part of fulfilling their deal to license the spectrum that beams of light useful for TV happen in, since the spectrum is fundamentally a public resource (hence open to anyone), and the exchange of public spectrum comes only in return for public usable content.

It's not like the claim was about just any beam of light.

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Re:An Update on Aereo by thisisdave on Saturday June 28, 2014 @05:54PM (#7959461)
Right. I think that there's a big difference (legally and morally) between the beams of light passing between my cell phone an the cell tower, versus something that's being broadcast specifically so that everyone with an antenna can hear it.
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Re:An Update on Aereo by ZenPro on Sunday June 29, 2014 @09:39AM (#7961140)
That is true to a point. But the spectrum is only a public resource under specific conditions and Aereo has not met those conditions according to the law and legal institutions we have empowered to make those decisions.

I have read some of your previous posts and they are exceptionally well written.

However, I await the idiotic HN consensus about to be posted below this comment stating -

a. Judges are <insert slur> old men b. Old people don't understand technology c. Silicon Valley could solve the entire world if we just let it

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