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We will litigate the fuck out of Aereo.

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“This decision comes as no surprise and all industry lawsuits against Aereo and similar services that steal our content are going forward as planned,” a CBS spokesman said.

Translation: We know we have no legal basis for our claims, but we're going to keep suing them until they go bankrupt fighting us.

EDIT: On the bright side, stories like this one are spreading the word about this company that I for one had never heard of.  Might be the best PR that Aereo has.

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This is another nail in the "major networks can all suck my left nut" coffin.  Goddamn those Aereo dudes for making entertainment more accessible.  Had the networks not had their heads up their asses and just offered this to consumers from the get-go, I might be kinder.  I assume they're still pissed that VHS recording is still technically legal.

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PostIcon Posted on: Jul. 16 2013,12:21 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Form the Twitters:

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I believe it will eventually be defeated.

At the end of the day, they're making money off of someone else's product.

They're doing it without the express written consent of the network and the National Football League...
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I'm sure that their legal righteousness will comfort them as they piss off the viewing public more and their profits fall more.  I can't fathom why a network wouldn't want to make it as easy as fucking humanly possible for people to view their shit.  They could offer the same beam of info Aereo is offering.  More exposure, more adverts, more pretending the adverts work.

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At the end of the day, they're making money off of someone else's product.

At the end of the day unless you work in manufacturing we are all making money off of someone else's products.  That's what a service economy is.

They aren't reselling the TV signals.  They are providing a DVR service for your TV viewing.  Perfectly legal.

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So far that looks very unlikely, baring massive bribes of Supreme Court Justices.

Edited by TPRJones on Jul. 16 2013,12:54

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