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by Dylan16807 3392 days ago
Except that it's been established that 'cloud DVR' is legal. That's 90% of what Aereo did. But somehow attaching an individual antenna to each person's DVR makes it 'public performance'? That specific argument is nonsensical.

And then they got double screwed because the US copyright office declared that no matter what the supreme court said they were not a cable company and couldn't get compulsory licensing either.

As far as I can tell it's legal to run one antenna for one person, and I have absolutely no idea where the line is that you start violating copyright. I don't think the guidelines are well written.