I don't see Aereo as taking advantage of other company's content for free, anymore than internet providers, TV manufacturers and others are. They're providing

I don't see Aereo as taking advantage of other company's content for free, anymore than internet providers, TV manufacturers and others are. They're providing a transit service; nothing more. Your argument about them not existing without the content applies to all sorts of businesses, not just Aereo. The TV network's arguments are specious at best; if a TV antenna manufacturer had somehow invented sufficiently advanced technology for an antenna that could pickup TV signals from any specific area in the US, they would be just as upset. I view Aereo as nothing more than providing a special antenna that is leased to a customer. The reliance of the TV networks on the limitations of technology to ensure the success of their business model is not my problem. In the end, I don't care anyway, I haven't had an antenna or cable TV in nearly a decade. And I don't consume network TV content on Netflix or the like with any regularity. They could all disappear and it wouldn't matter to me.