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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii
Not disagreeing with you. Just Aerero should have and probably did expect this ruling as they cut out the advertisers who pay for tv production. Aerero is not simply a remote vcr, its an editor that cuts out the funding sources. It is a loss for consumers but another system will have to be developed that all parties can live with.
At least it puts the forum and filelocker thieves who have developed the same system for their clientele, deeper into conflict with US courts anyway. Hopefully ones employing the system will be more easily dismantled.
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its hard to think of a "disruptive" tech that is not going to infringe on some law in one way or another. sometimes innovation has to combat laws that protect the golden eggs created by big successful businesses. a good recent example is Teslas battles in several states over the way they sell their cars. Tesla has been breaking some state laws, & some legislatures are passing laws to harm tesla, such as in new jersey. oil companies are trying to protect an obsolete business model & they are using the law to help them. Big Media is simply doing the same thing with TV & its the consumer that suffers in the end from technological stagnation & non competitive prices & choices.
given that SCOTUS, just like obama, interprets laws in whatever fashion they see fit, it woulda been nice if SCOTUS had fought for innovation & for consumers. But the track record of the roberts court with respect to big business vs the consumers is quite a tilted one in favor of big business.