Aereo Loses, Cell Phone Privacy Wins in Wednesday's Supreme Court Decisions

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aWqf5RqMPEQma_SXzaT1aA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Aereo_Loses__Cell_Phone_Privacy-bdbe1d349d835446430322039b24a969 (http://news.yahoo.com/aereo-lost-supreme-court-case-141410057.html)The Supreme Court handed down two major decisions on Wednesday that both arose from the problems of applying long-established principles to modern technology. In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court ruled against streaming broadcast TV company Aereo, deciding that the service is a "public" performance of the copyrighted local broadcast content it retransmits through digital antennas to the streaming devices of its paying customers. Although the ruling just came out and experts are still combing through it,-SCOTUSblog's early take is that the decision is "sweeping and definitive" in its conclusion that Aereo is illegal. Justice Breyer wrote the opinion for the court, with Justice Scalia penning the dissent.



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