Saturday, 11 January 2014

Even With A Supreme Court Win, Aereo Still Might Lose

The battle between broadcasters and Aereo, a startup that offers television programming over the internet, will be resolved by the Supreme Court later this year. If the court rules for the networks, Aereo will join a long list of companies that tried to upend the video business with interesting technology only to be thwarted by a thicket of copyright laws. Even a win, though, doesn't clear the path for Aereo. Instead, it might begin a process in which free, over-the-air programming -- which is watched by relatively few Americans already -- largely disappears once and for all.

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