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Aereo "pauses" service following Supreme Court decision

article published on 28 June, 2014

TV streaming startup Aereo has "paused" their service indefinitely, following the Supreme Court decision in which it was ruled that the company violated copyrights of the major TV broadcasters CBS, NBC, Disney and Fox. The service is shutdown as of 11:30AM today, but it could return at some point in the future. "You will be able to access your cloud-based antenna and DVR only until ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		30. June 2014 @ 15:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
As I said before........had they passed on the whole "cloud based antenna and DVR" then they might still be around but this is what killed them IMO.

They should have simply sold a DVR that was NOT cloud based and an HD OTA antenna and done and done.
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gnovak1
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_ 		30. June 2014 @ 17:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This sucks because antennas dont work in my area so Aereo was my only way to get local channels without having cable.

Right now I'm a 'man without a TV'.

But I do still have netflix and hulu to keep me entertained until something else comes along.
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xnonsuchx
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_ 		1. July 2014 @ 21:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If someone wants to offer this service to people free of charge and you are officially a non-profit organization, that might be OK, but you CANNOT charge money for it w/o agreement of the owners of the material.
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Jemborg
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_ 		2. July 2014 @ 03:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I remember a similar fuss when cable TV was first rolled out in Oz. The FTA stations were protesting then. People with poor reception would get clear FTA as well... as you know. But the FTA stations claimed they were in effect getting extra content for free for their paid service. I don't know if it went to court or what was sorted out, if there was a deal or not, but FTA is still on cable here.

Governments are pretty scared of pissing off the major broadcasters in their country... look at how the British govs sucked up to Murdock's rags, even with the scandal.
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