Score a big one for the broadcasters! A federal district judge in the District of Columbia has enjoined the service formerly known as AereoKiller from operating its dime-sized antenna set-up anywhere in the country (except in New York, Connecticut or Vermont).… Continue Reading
Even those practiced in the art of appellate advocacy have trouble correctly guessing, on the basis of oral arguments, how a court will ultimately rule. Here's YOUR chance to listen in to the recent Aereokiller argument and try to figure out what's likely to happen next.… Continue Reading
Put another one in the "W" column for Aereo. The Second Circuit has denied the petition for en banc review filed by the broadcast plaintiffs last April.… Continue Reading
If you were to buy into Fox's over-the-top reaction to the Second Circuit's recent decision in the Aereo proceeding, you might get the impression that that decision marks some major, and possibly irreversible, turning point. But that's why you read CommLawBlog, right?… Continue Reading
We could be on a direct path to the Supreme Court, as a federal judge in California has disagreed with the way the Second Circuit in New York interprets copyright law.… Continue Reading
The Second Circuit has affirmed an injunction preventing ivi TV, the would-be online "cable system", from carrying over-the-air content.… Continue Reading
FilmOn.com, the upstart service that purported to be enough like a cable service to be entitled to retransmit broadcast programming without the broadcasters' permission, appears to be gone. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, "BarryDriller.com" has emerged to take its place.… Continue Reading
The world of copyright and compulsory licensing as we have known it for the past several decades may be coming to an end. And it's about time.… Continue Reading
Launching an online service featuring over-the-air content, FilmOn.com, Inc. has joined ivi TV in the fray over the alleged right of the upstart online companies to webcast broadcast programming to subscribers. And already FilmOn is on the wrong end of a lawsuit.… Continue Reading
