After the Supreme Court appeared to deliver a death blow to Aereo, it has latched onto a part of the Court’s decision in an effort to stay alive. The Court determined that Aereo flouted copyright rules by retransmitting programming without a license. Aereo let users watch broadcast TV over the Internet for a monthly fee. Its rationale, said CEO Chet Kanojia, was that its “cloud-based individual antenna would provide consumers with a convenient way … to watch the live, free-to-air signals broadcast over public spectrum that belongs to them.”
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Aereo Aims to Make Lemonade From Supreme Court's Lemons
Posted by: Kris Holt July 11, 2014 11:45 AMAfter the Supreme Court appeared to deliver a death blow to Aereo, it has latched onto a part of the Court’s decision in an effort to stay alive. The Court determined that Aereo flouted copyright rules by retransmitting programming without a license. Aereo let users watch broadcast TV over the Internet for a monthly fee. Its rationale, said CEO Chet Kanojia, was that its “cloud-based individual antenna would provide consumers with a convenient way … to watch the live, free-to-air signals broadcast over public spectrum that belongs to them.”