At oral arguments over the legality of the service, which streams live broadcast TV to smartphones, the Court seemed fearful of hampering other cloud-service businesses. Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia leaves the U.S. Supreme
If Aereo prevails, some experts think the cable and satellite companies may decide to stream their own signals in the same way Aereo does and refuse to pay licensing fees to the broadcasters. Before Tuesday's argument, most legal experts were convinced
The Supreme Court is worried that granting the broadcasters' request to shut down Aereo would imperil cloud computing – but the Justices also expressed deep skepticism about Aereo's tiny antenna design.
If Aereo prevails, some experts think the cable and satellite companies may decide to stream their own signals in the same way Aereo does and refuse to pay licensing fees to the broadcasters. Before Tuesday's argument, most legal experts were convinced
Aereo is looking shaky. And that's great news for the broadcasters whose lucrative retransmission fees it threatens. That is good news for Disney's ABC, Twenty-First Century Fox Fox, CBS CBS, and Comcast Comcast's NBC. It might also help Netflix