Media mogul Diller defends Aereo

[GURPS]

Media mogul Diller defends Aereo

Aereo, which is backed by Diller’s IAC media empire, relies on farms of tiny dime-sized antennas to pick up free over-the-air broadcast signals and relay them to subscribers’ computers, tablets and phones via the Internet. Broadcasters say that’s a violation of their copyright licenses, and the company needs to either pay them a fee or shut down its operations.

The Supreme Court heard arguments about the case last week. Justices seemed wary of supporting the upstart TV service, but also expressed concern that a broad ruling could endanger other cloud-based storage services like Google and Dropbox.

The fate of television could hang in the balance.

If Aereo wins, it could prompt some broadcast companies to halt their over-the-air service, but a loss could enshrine the existing way that people watch their favorite shows.

Diller on Sunday said that a victory “will not hurt the broadcasters for sure.”

you [media companies] broadcast something out over the air, paid for by advertising, get pissy when someone re-transmits it :shrug:

 

[tommyjo]

you [media companies] broadcast something out over the air, paid for by advertising, get pissy when someone re-transmits it :shrug:

Of course they get pissy. They pay all the expenses of creating the content and some other company gets to take that content and retransmit it for free? You think that is acceptable?

Every cable company pays to retransmit. Every independent stations that airs re-runs pays for the content.

Your viewpoints certainly aren't very consistent.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Of course they get pissy. They pay all the expenses of creating the content and some other company gets to take that content and retransmit it for free? You think that is acceptable?

Every cable company pays to retransmit. Every independent stations that airs re-runs pays for the content.

Your viewpoints certainly aren't very consistent.

The cable companies pay all thsoe expenses and still broadcast over the air for free. Or do you think people pay for antenna channels. If so, have I got a deal for you!

Aereo is taking those OTA channels and broadcsting them online for a fee, not free.

Aereo is paying for servers, website, etc.

Face it. Aereo is giving customers a cheaper alternative to cable, and cable companies don't like it, so they are trying to snuff them out.

 

[GURPS]

yes OTA Broadcasts ..... [already paid for buy Advertising Dollars]
beamed out everywhere ....

FOR Free ... captured and streamed out over the internet ...