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> What is antiquated about the idea that you don't get to use other peoples' valuable content without paying for it? Slingbox allows you to stream broadcast c

> What is antiquated about the idea that you don't get to use other peoples' valuable content without paying for it? Slingbox allows you to stream broadcast content without problems. Broadcasters are OK with that. So Aereo was basically renting out 1000s of little slingboxes; how's that a problem now?

res0nat0r 12y ago
Slingbox allows customers to privately rebroadcast content they have a license to view unlike Aereo which did not have that right.
- res0nat0r 12y ago
  Not sure why a fact is something that should be so disagreeable to be downvoted. I know the truth hurts for this issue, but that is reality.
- thedufer 12y ago
  No one is claiming Aereo has that right. They're claiming that the person renting the antenna does. The implication of the case seems to be that renting an antenna does not give you those rights in the same way buying one does, which is bizarre and kind of hard to rationalize.
  - res0nat0r 12y ago
    You can rent an antenna and do this privately to you and your household, you can't do this as a 3rd party company according to the law.
    - crazypyro 12y ago
      Except the whole argument was that the 3rd party company wasn't doing it, it was simply providing a location for the customer's rented property to sit, wasn't it?
      - res0nat0r 12y ago
        Basically the 3rd party didn't have a right to redistribute the content which is what the court ruled.
rsync 12y ago
Also, it's worth noting that there are slingbox colocation services in the world where you can rent a slingbox in a remote datacenter in the TV market you prefer...
- snowwrestler 12y ago
  Can you replicate the functionality of Aereo that way? If so, why is Aereo's bankruptcy a loss? Could all of Aereo's customers just go rent a Slingbox instead? Legitimately curious here.
  - pissmonger 12y ago
    According recent law passed by SCOTUS owning a Slinbox is OK, renting one is not. Aereo was exactly like slingbox, except you leased the equipment rather than own it.

res0nat0r 12y ago

Slingbox allows customers to privately rebroadcast content they have a license to view unlike Aereo which did not have that right.

res0nat0r 12y ago
Not sure why a fact is something that should be so disagreeable to be downvoted. I know the truth hurts for this issue, but that is reality.
thedufer 12y ago
No one is claiming Aereo has that right. They're claiming that the person renting the antenna does. The implication of the case seems to be that renting an antenna does not give you those rights in the same way buying one does, which is bizarre and kind of hard to rationalize.
- res0nat0r 12y ago
  You can rent an antenna and do this privately to you and your household, you can't do this as a 3rd party company according to the law.
  - crazypyro 12y ago
    Except the whole argument was that the 3rd party company wasn't doing it, it was simply providing a location for the customer's rented property to sit, wasn't it?
    - res0nat0r 12y ago
      Basically the 3rd party didn't have a right to redistribute the content which is what the court ruled.

rsync 12y ago

Also, it's worth noting that there are slingbox colocation services in the world where you can rent a slingbox in a remote datacenter in the TV market you prefer...

snowwrestler 12y ago
Can you replicate the functionality of Aereo that way? If so, why is Aereo's bankruptcy a loss? Could all of Aereo's customers just go rent a Slingbox instead? Legitimately curious here.
- pissmonger 12y ago
  According recent law passed by SCOTUS owning a Slinbox is OK, renting one is not. Aereo was exactly like slingbox, except you leased the equipment rather than own it.