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Yes, but then you'd be unfairly duplicating the content without permission. With Aereo, you are renting the antenna (just far away) and streaming from that. Ev
by lelandbatey 13y ago
Yes, but then you'd be unfairly duplicating the content without permission.
With Aereo, you are renting the antenna (just far away) and streaming from that. Every customer has an antenna. It is the logical scaling up of a currently allowable business model. It has the same end result as many less savory models, but it is not illegal at all.
Whether it should continue to be legal is up for debate, but right now it's squarely in the right.
- untog 13y agoOh sure, I agree. I think that what Aereo is doing is legally correct. As you say, the question of whether it should be at least deserves some discussion.
- qq66 13y agoYou could argue that Aereo's copying of the received signal to an output stream is also unlicensed duplication.
- melvinram 13y agoWell that's for the Supreme Court to decide now but logically speaking, it's not an unlicensed duplication. It's not duplicated at all. The broadcast is recorded once, played back by the original recorder, and is not distributed as it's not being transferred from one entity to another. The whole argument obviously relies on the premise that Areo is renting you the antenna, so you're the one doing the recording using rented equipment far away.
- gareim 13y agoBut then what of the people that have antennas at home, record shows for later playback (which is legal)? This is the same concept, just remote.