In March, a coalition of major broadcasters sued a New York City-based TV-streaming start-up called Aereo, which the broadcasters said was stealing their content so users could watch TV online. Today, a Manhattan US District Judge ruled against the coalition, which includes ABC, CBS, NBCUniversal, and Fox, saying he would not order Aereo to stop distributing service to its customers while the trial was ongoing. When the coalition first brought the suit against Aereo, it  claimed that the company was stealing its intellectual property by reprocessing broadcast signals that did not belong to Aereo and violating public performance rules, which are also subject to copyright law, by streaming live. Aereo, however, rebutted the claims, saying it only let users stream channels that were free to anyone with an antenna. Cleverly, the company kept enough antennae in its server room to assign each user a “personal antenna,” turning Aereo’s service into something more like “remote TV.” Today, US District Judge Alison Nathan did not decide whether Aereo has been infringing upon the plaintiffs’ copyrights, but he did refuse to grant an injunction against the company, which would have halted its service indefinitely. Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments

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Judge rules against broadcasters, denying injunction against Aereo TV