[opendtv] Broadcasters Ask Supreme Court to Intervene Over Aereo
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:11:47 -0400
Broadcasters Ask Supreme Court to Intervene Over Aereo
By AMOL SHARMA and SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN CONNECT
Oct. 11, 2013
Major TV broadcasters petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday
over Aereo Inc., a streaming-video startup backed by media mogul
Barry Diller.
The broadcasters argue that Aereo, which streams local TV signals
over the Web without their permission, violates their copyrights. The
broadcasters, that include Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, Comcast Corp.'s
NBC, CBS Corp. and 21st Century Fox, are appealing a ruling earlier
this year by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which denied
their request to shut down the fee-based service.
The circuit court's decision "is already transforming the industry
and threatening the very fundamentals of broadcast television," the
broadcasters wrote in the petition.
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http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303382004579129752289337822
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