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Maybe technicality is the wrong word, but their business is built on the court's decision of what constitutes redistribution. Such a decision is open to 1) rein
by MatthewPhillips 14y ago
Maybe technicality is the wrong word, but their business is built on the court's decision of what constitutes redistribution. Such a decision is open to 1) reinterpretation and 2) gaming. It just feels... like a rather brittle business model. Their major customers (cable companies) are only working with them out of the force of law.
It's hard to argue against the business model as it's been stunningly successful, I'm just surprised it's taken this long to be disrupted.
- rayiner 14y agoThe business model is brittle in the sense of trying to capitalize both on free unencrypted OTA and also cable retransmission, no doubt. But either business model by itself is quite reasonable.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoSo you disagree that it's brittle to base on a business model on a court ruling? That is, to repeat myself, open to reinterpretation/challenges and open to gaming (as Aereo is doing now)?
- rayiner 14y agoI misunderstood you. I thought you were talking about the broadcasters, not Aereo. But yeah, companies built business models on court rulings (e.g. Sony VCR's).