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Re: It's not stealing Commercials have nothing to do with copyrighted material. It's illegal to copy and reuse copyrighted material, regardless of whether you include the commercials or not. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | said by MyDogHsFleas:Commercials have nothing to do with copyrighted material. It's illegal to copy and reuse copyrighted material, regardless of whether you include the commercials or not.
However it is not a copy, It is a format conversion from an OTA Antenna to a stream. And it is technically only available in the broadcast area.
That is why this case is not open and shut in the courts. If it were just about copyright it would be case closed for Aero.
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BiggA
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EARTH | reply to MyDogHsFleas
Except that Aereo is doing it on a 1:1 basis, so it is just like a community antenna. Are condo community antennas now illegal too? Didn't think so. |
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If they had solid merit the broadcasters would have received an injunction. Having failed at that, the court is basically saying your chances of winning are slim. |
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said by Kearnstd:said by MyDogHsFleas:Commercials have nothing to do with copyrighted material. It's illegal to copy and reuse copyrighted material, regardless of whether you include the commercials or not.
However it is not a copy, It is a format conversion from an OTA Antenna to a stream. And it is technically only available in the broadcast area. That is why this case is not open and shut in the courts. If it were just about copyright it would be case closed for Aero. It is not a format conversion either in the legal sense.
Calling it a format conversion would be saying your converting formats when you pick up TV with an external antenna connected to a HD tuner then connecting that to your TV with an HDMI cable so your TV can display the channel.
Technically that is converting formats, but not in the legal way.
Aereo does not even offer 1 TV channel.
They lease you an antenna, a tuner, and a DVR that you connect to over the internet. You only get the channels that the antenna you lease picks up.
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