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发帖数: 512 | 1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/06/25/su
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a startup Internet
company has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programs from the
airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other
portable devices.
The justices said by a 6-3 vote that Aereo Inc. is violating the
broadcasters’ copyrights by taking the signals for free. The ruling
preserves the ability of the television networks to collect huge fees from
cable and satellite systems that transmit their programming.
Aereo is available in New York, Boston and Atlanta among 11 metropolitan
areas and uses thousands of dime-size antennas to capture television signals
and transmit them to subscribers who pay as little as $8 a month for the
service.
Some justices worried during arguments in April that a ruling for the
broadcasters could also harm the burgeoning world of cloud computing, which
gives users access to a vast online computer network that stores and
processes information.
But Justice Stephen Breyer in his majority opinion that the court did not
intend to call cloud computing into question.
Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Broadcasters including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS sued Aereo for copyright
infringement, saying Aereo should pay for redistributing the programming the
same way cable and satellite systems must or risk high-profile blackouts of
channels that anger their subscribers.
曾经被认为是掀起了电视产业革命的美国网路电视公司Aereo，在星期三的法院判决中
，被认定侵权，很可能面临歇业的危险。
美国最高法院以6-3通过裁决，认定Aereo通过小型天线接收无线电视信号，再廉价转卖
给互联网用户的做法，违反了版权法。
包括美国广播公司ABC丶福克斯丶NBC环球以及哥伦比亚广播公司等在内的原告方认为，
Aereo不支付转播费的行为，不仅会导致越来越多的侵权案件，更可能让这些电视台遭
受数十亿美元的经济损失。光是2013年，电视转播费用就高达23.7亿美元。
不过，这项判决也可能会连累到一些目前免费向互联网用户提供的云端服务，因为电视
公司也可能藉由这项判决，来向云储存服务公司要求收取费用。
Aereo公司，目前在美国11个大城市提供网路电视服务，原本Aereo准备大举扩张业务，
但最高法院的判决很可能让Aereo面临生存危机。
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: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/06/25/su
: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a startup Internet
: company has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programs from the
: airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other
: portable devices.
: The justices said by a 6-3 vote that Aereo Inc. is violating the
: broadcasters’ copyrights by taking the signals for free. The ruling
: preserves the ability of the television networks to collect huge fees from
: cable and satellite systems that transmit their programming.
: Aereo is available in New York, Boston and Atlanta among 11 metropolitan
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