Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Supreme Court hears case challenging Aereo’s right to stream network TV broadcasts to paying consumers - Business - The Boston Globe

Decision expected in June

"Several justices grilled the attorney representing Aereo, asking him to justify how the company’s services could possibly be legal when its competitors must pay fees, but also conveyed a sort of grudging admiration.

“All I’m trying to get at, and I’m not saying it’s outcome determinative or necessarily bad, I’m just saying your technological model is based solely on circumventing legal prohibitions that you don’t want to comply with, which is fine. I mean, that’s — you know, lawyers do that,” said Chief Justice John Roberts."
Supreme Court hears case challenging Aereo’s right to stream network TV broadcasts to paying consumers - Business - The Boston Globe

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