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Re: Appeals court stopped preliminary injunction;not the lawsuit said by r81984:All Aereo does is lease you a TV antenna and TV tuner that you connect to with a long cable.
Aereo does not offer any channels. You only get the channels in range of the TV antenna.
Couple comments to respond to the points in this thread. First, this is a major victory. No, they didn't win the lawsuit. But the loss of injuctive relief means that Aereo can keep the lights on, so to speak. If the broadcasters won an injunction, then Aereo would be required to cease and desist right now, pending the lawsuit being decided. That loss of business would be a death sentence to most start-ups.
Second, you have to look at WHY the court decided as they did - they indicated that the broadcasters didn't demonstrate that they would likely win in court. Which is the only reason you would grant injuctive relief. No, it's not over, but it's a major victory any way you slice it.
Next, the broadcasters are being very disingenuous here. Their notion that this is theft is bizarre. If that's their arguement going forward, they're going to lose this fight for real. They're only upset because of how they've chosen to negotiate with local cable companies. Many of them have decided not to be specified as must-carry, and negotiate carriage agreements with cable operators. As a result, the more people who watch their channels OTA, the worse it is for them from that perspective. |
