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Supreme Court hands US cable companies a giant victory over cheapo TV firm Aereo

on Jun 25, 2014 | 0 comments

By Noel Young

In a huge victory for American broadcasters , the US Supreme Court today ruled as illegal the technology which lets Aereo subscribers stream and record broadcast TV without the broadcaster’s permission.

Aereo grabs programmes from the air and makes them available to subscribers very cheaply through thousands of mini-anntennas.

Media mogul Barry Diller, the man originally behind Aereo , was encouraged by earlier lower court rulings refusing to intervene, so the Supreme Court vote is a major reverse

The Supreme Court justices ruled 6 to 3 that Aereo was infringing on Read full story ›

Source: The Drum