Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo Streaming Service

New submitter Last_Available_Usern (756093) writes that the Aereo saga is likely over. "The U.S. Supreme Court today dealt a potentially fatal blow to Aereo, an Internet service that allows customers to watch broadcast TV programs on mobile devices by renting a small DVR and antennas (in supported cities) to record and then retransmit local programming on-demand over the internet." Ruling (PDF). Aereo was found to be publicly transmitting, according to SCOTUSBlog "The essence of the Aereo ruling is that Aereo is equivalent to a cable company, not merely an equipment provider."

Comments

Re:One disturbing bit:

[Anonymous Coward]

Because he's a Supreme and you are... sitting in your mom's basement?

Re:One disturbing bit:

[Thanshin]

Three options :
A - By divine revelation.
B - By using his time machine.
C - He isn't certain, but doesn't care.

I've personally decided to believe B because I'm a optimistic atheist.

Re:One disturbing bit:

[MrLint]

As long as the trailer and voiceover bits are done by Nina Totenberg