Aereo under fire: why NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox want to shut down the internet TV service
Author: Melissa Shroeder
Aereo, the service that captures free over-the-air TV broadcasts and streams them online for $ 12 a month, has come under fire from just about every major TV content provider, from local and national networks to the National Association of Broadcasters. This Wednesday, several of them filed statements seeking a preliminary injunction that would stop Aereo from operating while it deals with the suits against it. So what arguments are NBCUniversal, CBS, Fox, a local ABC affiliate, and others making against Aereo?
“Any economically rational cable operator will use it as leverage in upcoming retransmission negotiations.”
The biggest complaint about Aereo’s service is, unsurprisingly, that it will lead to a kind of tragedy of the commons. If…
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