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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Dutch_12078 wrote: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...
Brush up your comprehension.
