Actually, you are correct. If this was a way to enable me to view the content, they might have some kind of argument that it was some kind of public good instead of copyright infringement. It's a paid service, however, that's transmitting copyrighted content they don't have access to and charging money for it. Cable and satellite cos. also pull the signals down via antenna (well, fiber feed, but they used to use antennae) and pay for them.
Aereo's claim is ridiculous, I'm afraid. There is no hope in Cablevision, because Cablevision had licensed 100% of the content.
This isn't about whether the law is good (it isn't), it's about whether it's the law.
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Re: Not about the length of the cord
Actually, you are correct. If this was a way to enable me to view the content, they might have some kind of argument that it was some kind of public good instead of copyright infringement. It's a paid service, however, that's transmitting copyrighted content they don't have access to and charging money for it. Cable and satellite cos. also pull the signals down via antenna (well, fiber feed, but they used to use antennae) and pay for them.
Aereo's claim is ridiculous, I'm afraid. There is no hope in Cablevision, because Cablevision had licensed 100% of the content.
This isn't about whether the law is good (it isn't), it's about whether it's the law.