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re: Aereo: How can anyone argue this is anything other than theft?

Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:49 am to
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126962 posts
Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:49 am to
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But the nightclub pays royalties for playing the song in their nightclub!
Are you sure about that?
Posted by a want
I love everybody
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:52 am to
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Are you sure about that?

Abso-fricking-lutely.

Now in practice, shitholes like Sports Illustrated (back in the day) probably got around it, but it's is illegal. BMI and ASCAP are agencies that collect.

The thing you guys are missing: what happens to the content when content creators don't get paid?

If Aereo can broadcast royalty free and undercut networks, who is going to generate content.

Aereo is parasitic. It can't survive without content providers providing free content.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118999 posts
Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:55 am to
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But the nightclub pays royalties for playing the song in their nightclub!

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Are you sure about that?



My family had a family owned restaurant in the 90's and we paid monthly royalty fees to play Nat King Cole and Michael Bolton type music during business hours. I forgot the name of the organization we paid the fee. It wasn't that much. Like $10 per month.
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