Locast being sued
Just got the following email from Locast. Locast streams live TV from several cities in the US. The giant broadcasters of CBS, NBC, FOX and DISNEY-owned ABC are taking a tiny nonprofit like Locast ...
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GDS-3950BH wrote:wildtoad wrote:
No different than cable, sat companies having to pay ( and pass on to subscribers) a fee to have access to free OTA local channels whether they watch them or not. Seems to me the networks should pay a distribution fee to the cable, sat, internet based services to show their commercial laden shows.
No different whatsoever, I would like to see them prevail, but I highly doubt they will no matter how much they pull in from Go Fund Me.
Direct TV, Dish, Comcast, and how many others all have/had deeper pockets for funding litigation than Locast will ever have or hope to have. His statement is bogus, getting local broadcast channels over the internet is not a "right".
DirecTV, Dish, Comcast, and the other cable folks are not suing Locast, and in fact support their right to exist and provide their service. It's the Big 4 networks that see the retransmission fee dollars not going in their pockets that are suing. As usual, follow the money. Or the lack of it in this case...
