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It doesn't really make sense for them to license the content, though. This content is being broadcast for free over radio. Aereo is providing the service of est

It doesn't really make sense for them to license the content, though. This content is being broadcast for free over radio. Aereo is providing the service of establishing a remote receiver for the public to pick up OTA broadcasts outside the transmission area. At best you could make the argument that Aereo is acting in the capacity of a radio translator station, but it clearly doesn't fall under the same (FCC) rules since no radio rebroadcast is performed. The fact that it happens over the Internet is a mere implementation detail, one that is supported by the Cablevision case.

lesterbuck 12y ago
>Aereo is providing the service of establishing a remote receiver for the public to pick up OTA broadcasts outside the transmission area. I was in the Aereo beta in Houston (I didn't keep it, found it kind of boring, fuzzy and laggy, and not matching how I watch OTA on multiple TVs at once). When I tried to watch a Houston OTA stream in San Antonio, I was politely told that that was not allowed. There is no technical reason this is not allowed, but I'd guess Aereo blocks this for now to keep the legal issues bounded.