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There's an ongoing lawsuit involving a non-profit offering free live TV using what appears to be a loophole in the copyright laws. See https://en.wikipedia.org/
by ikeboy 6y ago
There's an ongoing lawsuit involving a non-profit offering free live TV using what appears to be a loophole in the copyright laws. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locast
That particular loophole probably doesn't apply there, but similar ones might.
- Nemo_bis 6y agoThanks! The case is American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Goodfriend: https://archive.org/details/gov.uscourts.nysd.520217 https://archive.org/details/gov.uscourts.nysd.520217 Also at EFF: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-joins-locast-defense-team-fight-tv-viewers-right-use-free-legal-streaming-0 https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-joins-locast-defense-...
- freedomben 6y agoHaven't heard of Locast and it looks like they aren't available in SLC unfortunately, but that looks neat. I hope they win! I'd pay a small amount monthly for something like that. Unfortunately you have to start at around ~$25/month with current providers, which is outrageous IMHO for something broadcast for free. That structure needs to die, but there are powerful, wealthy organizations profiting off of it, so it's an uphill battle for sure.