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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Aereo that the company which sought to deliver broadcasts over tiny antennas over the Internet violates copyright law. "Insofar as there are differences [with previous cases], those differences concern not the nature of the service that Aereo provides so much as the technological manner in which it provides the service.

The Supreme Court ruling on Aereo is out, and the court has ruled against the upstart company and in favor of TV broadcasters. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that had ruled in favor of Aero, a service that lets you stream live network TV. The court found that Aereo's service violated the copyrights of live network TV stations. "This ruling appears sweeping and definitive, determining that Aereo is illegal," the lawyer Tom Goldstein wrote on SCOTUSBlog. The case will have lasting implications for the way content is delivered online. Aereo's technology uses special...