TV broadcasters are challenging in the U.S. Supreme Court Aereo's business model as an infringement on their copyrights in their programming. FierceCable reports: "Broadcasters argue in the petition that Aereo designed its system to exploit what they described as a loophole in copyright law which has allowed Cablevision to launch its network DVR." Aereo specifically set up its service of streaming free broadcast programming through individual antennas within the Second Circuit because of the Cablevision precedent.
FierceCable also reports a ruling for Aereo could have positive implications for "cable operators and satellite TV distributors who pay retransmission-consent fees to broadcasters."
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