The Supreme Court justices found that Aereo had violated copyrights owned by TV broadcasters, marketers, and distributors whose programs the company streamed. "This ruling appears sweeping and definitive, determining
The trouble with trusting in the Supreme Court to bless the legality of your novel business model is, if you're wrong, suddenly you're left sitting on an illegal business. Aereo founder Chet Kanojia and his chief backer, billionaire Barry Diller, have
In the response, Aereo calls this decision a “massive setback for the American consumer.” Chet Kanojia, Aereo CEO, also cites Justice Scalia's dissent in the statement, agreeing that the court may not be able to uphold its
The majority of the court agreed with CBS, FOX, ABC, and NBC that Aereo — which takes freely available over-the-air signals and transmits them over the Internet to paying users is indeed publicly performing the networks'
The Supreme Court justices found that Aereo had violated copyrights owned by TV broadcasters, marketers, and distributors whose programs the company streamed. "This ruling appears sweeping and definitive, determining