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Aereo Loses: Supreme Court Finds for Broadcasters in Streaming Television Case

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Aereo, the startup that threatened to upend traditional television broadcasting by capturing over-the-air TV signals and streaming them on the Internet, has been dealt a crushing defeat by the Supreme Court after justices ruled 6 to 3 that the online television service violated copyrights by streaming broadcast channels to customers.


The decision is a victory for broadcasters that have battled Aereo in court for two years. The ability for Aereo to circumvent the retransmission fee system, in which cable operators pay to rebroadcast free-to-air television, had threatened a major revenue source for broadcasters. Read more...


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