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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Pandora needs to change technology to win.

[duckgod]

If Pandora buys a cd(digital music would probably have to wait for another legal victory) and only streams it out to 1 user at a time then I could see this ruling helping Pandora. I doubt this is close to the black magic media distribution that Pandora employs currently. Math is hard but I am thinking it would take a while for this system to be more profitable then the current licensing model.

Re:Playing back a recording

[wierd_w]

I read the words on the paper, silently, and to myself.
Private performance.

I read the words aloud in my own home. The cats look at me like I am insane. (Because I probably am for reading aloud to them to begin with, since they can't comprehend the words I am speaking anyway.)
Private performance.

I read aloud to my 3 year old niece from her favorite Dr Suess book.
Private performance.

I read aloud in front of hundreds of people who paid to attend, or were otherwise asked to attend that reading.
Public performance.

One of these things is not like the others.
This isn't hard.

Re:Playing back a recording

[MightyYar]

This isn't hard.

I disagree. People are surprised to learn that showing a movie to a bunch of school kids is "a performance". People violate the law all the time and don't even realize it, because you have to be an expert to learn all of the intricacies of copyright law. I really don't understand why we apply it to non-commercial use.

Re:Playing back a recording

[MightyYar]

By the way, here's a 5-part series on how simple copyright is in education.