Aereo Ruling Could Impact Pandora

itwbennett writes "Aereo's court battles are far from over, to be sure, but the ruling earlier this month that the TV streaming service doesn't violate copyright laws must have the folks at music streaming service Pandora shaking their heads, wondering why they're still paying royalties that currently consume more than half their revenues. The implications of Aereo's business model are far-reaching and may ultimately 'be resolved by Congress, just as it did when cable first came on the scene, by passing legislation to redefine a public performance,' writes broadcast industry attorney David Oxenford."

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Re:http://www.linuxadvocates.com/p/support.html

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Hired Shill,

At Slashdot, we understand that making a business front to promote community created/managed software can indeed incur business expenses. That is not in dispute.

We would like you to respect that this is a news aggregation site, and that your endorsement message for philanthropic donations is neither on topic, nor proper for this venue under nearly all circumstances. We understand that a disproportionate percentage of our readers make use of the linux kernel in many varied distros for both personal and commercial use, and do so daily. This does not in any fashion suggest that we would like to be spammed with off topic requests for funding. If your project requires funding, and you wish to use slashdot as a platform to get exposure, the comments sections of unrelated posts are NOT the appropriate mechanism to accomplish this task.

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Re:http://www.linuxadvocates.com/p/support.html

[Zontar The Mindless]

Is it Dieter or Dietrich?

BTW, I notice your site has only one writer.

I'm available--get in touch with my agent.

But if you're talking anything less than €100000 a year, don't bother. Also, I get all Swedish and Australian legal holidays, and 6 weeks paid vacation per annum.