This week on The Copyright Experiment, we discuss a hearing that the US Supreme Court held on Tuesday, between national broadcasters and a tech startup Aereo. Aereo is a service that utilizes thousands of tiny antennae to pull over-the-air, freely available TV signals in local markets and sends them over the Internet to paying subscribers. ABC spearheads this lawsuit, and claims that Aereo should be paying royalties and licensing fees for its service as a content provider, but Aereo says that they are not a content provider, just an equipment provider and should therefore be in the clear. A decision in this case for either side could have far-reaching implications to the future of broadcast television, as well as cloud-based Internet services. We dive into the details and give you the scoop!
