There are not that many levels of appeals that MS could go through. There is, at maximum, 4 levels that it can go through. This case would be decided before then, as going that high up is extremely expensive for both sides.
The biggest problem with this decision is that it goes against the copyright laws. Anything that the company makes, writes, discovers is up to them to disclose. No court can overturn that right, as it is international and, I'm pretty sure, has some defence in constitution.
This stuff has been shown on history channel numerous times even in US. I, not having the History channel, saw it a few times while I was residing at my friend's house. It is mostly that PBS is free, while history is a paid channel. This would allow greater audience to see it. Also, different channel might portray different parts as more important, and show different opinions on the same topic. Anything that will raise the awareness of average person (which is low) helps in the greater cause of free information.
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There are not that many levels of appeals that MS could go through. There is, at maximum, 4 levels that it can go through. This case would be decided before then, as going that high up is extremely expensive for both sides.
The biggest problem with this decision is that it goes against the copyright laws. Anything that the company makes, writes, discovers is up to them to disclose. No court can overturn that right, as it is international and, I'm pretty sure, has some defence in constitution.
This stuff has been shown on history channel numerous times even in US. I, not having the History channel, saw it a few times while I was residing at my friend's house. It is mostly that PBS is free, while history is a paid channel. This would allow greater audience to see it. Also, different channel might portray different parts as more important, and show different opinions on the same topic. Anything that will raise the awareness of average person (which is low) helps in the greater cause of free information.