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Content being broadcast on ostensibly publicly owned airwaves (not that the "public" ever seemingly gets any say in this). While I agree with your point that t
by varelse 12y ago
Content being broadcast on ostensibly publicly owned airwaves (not that the "public" ever seemingly gets any say in this). While I agree with your point that they didn't own the content, making it illegal to provide a service that improves the reception on those public airwaves to local customers doesn't sit well with me. I'm equally annoyed with the shenanigans employed with Dish and DirectTV to block their broadcast of local channels to local customers. If the content owners are really that concerned here, they can simply move their content to privately owned channels.
Not that I ever expect a court ruling to say anything close to this because lobbyists and money, just saying...