Aereo Illegal antenna say the Logicians at SCOTUS
Oh, my blessed Lord! To add insult to injury, I now find myself in the unenviable position of thanking my most despised (Citizens United, etc.) Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for his, alas, losing decision contrary to those who said that helping a "broadcaster" simulcast their offerings complete with ads and which augments the number of ad viewers is illegal. A new win-win scenario for the people was declared illegal because a win-win was scenario was already comfy in place. Here are the sordid details: Aereo is illegal, Supreme Court says, in big win for broadcasters - CNET CBS, the parent company of CNET was ecstatic but why the fuck were they excited? If I, by Aereo's actions can now say to my advertisers, "look we are now reaching an audience 30% larger," why wouldn't they, CBS, just ask the advertiser for more money? We need further analysis to get to bottom of this; or, am I missing something? Here is the high wire act that I see: the bi...