SoonerDave
04-23-2014, 06:12 PM
I saw that, it will be interesting on how SCOTUS rules on this.
I originally thought this would be a slam dunk ruling in favor of the broadcasters, but given the argument that it's really nothing more than a VCR with the medium in the "cloud" rather than on a tape on my shelf, it makes for a much more compelling argument.
I really don't think the "public performance" argument works, because each stream is discrete. By its very nature, the source media is going to a targeted individual host, just like a VCR would be.
As you say, it will be very, very interesting. The only problem with a ruling favorable to the recording service all but guarantees a lot of OTA broadcast content will go cable (or otherwise reserved) content only.
One way or the other, however, people are going to get ala carte programming. Perhaps not as they might envision or want it, but its coming. And the harder the networks pull against it, the more likely it becomes....somehow :)
I originally thought this would be a slam dunk ruling in favor of the broadcasters, but given the argument that it's really nothing more than a VCR with the medium in the "cloud" rather than on a tape on my shelf, it makes for a much more compelling argument.
I really don't think the "public performance" argument works, because each stream is discrete. By its very nature, the source media is going to a targeted individual host, just like a VCR would be.
As you say, it will be very, very interesting. The only problem with a ruling favorable to the recording service all but guarantees a lot of OTA broadcast content will go cable (or otherwise reserved) content only.
One way or the other, however, people are going to get ala carte programming. Perhaps not as they might envision or want it, but its coming. And the harder the networks pull against it, the more likely it becomes....somehow :)