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April 22, 2014 11:30 pm GMT
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Supreme Court Skeptical on Aereo, But Worried About Case's Impact
The future of TV was on trial Tuesday, as the Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in the case of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc..
Regardless of which side prevails, there's a lot at stake in this history-making case. So how will the justices rule?
The high court won't issue its opinion until later this summer — probably late June — but transcripts from the oral arguments can offer some insights into which way the court is leaning.
The Justices didn't seem impressed with the way Aereo's service operates. In fact, a number of Justices commented, quite bluntly, that the service appeared to work the way it does, in the words of Chief Justice Roberts, "to get around copyright law." Read more...
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