What if the extra eyeballs benefit the broadcaster more than the CATV system? Or more to the point, what would it cost the broadcaster to operate a low power repeater to serve the same homes? Then multiply that by the number of stations delivered by the CATV system. And remember, this content is broadcast in the clear, and SCOTUS has already ruled that we can make personal copies. Regards Craig > On Apr 26, 2014, at 7:46 PM, Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Here are a couple of interesting and topical law reviews, from 1965 and 1966, > that I think are completely relevant to this Aereo case. They're typewritten > and scanned, though. > > > Since the Supreme Court justices seem to have grasped the gimmicky nature of > Aereo's case, and rejected the pseudo-technical excuses, I would expect that > they would be looking for more relevant material, and probably ran across > these long ago. > > > http://www.aulawreview.org/pdfs/14/14-2/Cole.pdf > > > http://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3888&context=lawreview > > > The main issue appears to be whether the CATV system can derive a profit from > relaying copyrighted material. Makes sense to me. That's the stumbling block > I would have expected. > > > Bert > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.