[mythtv-users] aereo

[airdrummer]

Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:26 PM, airdrummer <air_drummer at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>>> Aereo is engaging in a public performance
>>
>> well, aren't they offering access to content for profit?
> 
> They claim to have been renting time on a DVR.  The customer got to
> keep the recording they made with the rented DVR, but the charge was
> not for the content, it was for the DVR rental.

pure semantics...the customer gets access to content he would otherwise have to
pay for; in effect a virtual venue that is using content to attract customers,
exactly like a bar...

>> and isn't that exactly what a bar owner does?
> 
> There's some similarity, but I think that such requirements for
> license fees to display live unencrypted broadcasts are silly as well.

u obviously aren't a contect creator;-)

> But copyright law has been severely unbalanced for quite some time
> now.  The people pushing for stronger copyright are those with money
> on their side, so of course they get their way.

barry diller has lotsa cash, and he didn't get his way;-)