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Aereo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo The Supreme Court decision that killed the company is an excellent example of wh
by sfRattan 8y ago
Aereo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo
The Supreme Court decision that killed the company is an excellent example of what happens when jurists don't understand technology... And don't want to, either.
- anbop 8y agoThe Supreme Court decision wasn't at all a failure to understand technology... their ruling basically said "the technology here doesn't matter, it's what the technology does that we are ruling on." Aereo brought arguments around the implementation and the Supreme Court said basically that they didn't care about the implementation.
- bsder 8y agoAereo deserved to die. They were a scummy company that lied and deceived at every turn. Aereo actually had some good arguments, but they were so shady that there was no way anybody was going to believe them when the time came.
- taurath 8y agoTo me it doesn’t even pass the smell test - you can’t rebroadcast content you don’t own, else there’s no point for the content makers to make it. There’s some interesting legal points but to me as a layperson it’s like watching a cammed movie.