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CREATe Internet Policy Review piece explores the circumstances and implications of the Aereo cloud broadcasting case

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Working papers

CREATe Internet Policy Review piece explores the circumstances and implications of the Aereo cloud broadcasting case

By 14 October 2014No Comments

ipr-logoCREATe’s latest research article on Internet Policy Review (also the twentieth release in its Working Paper Series) is now available for download. The Aereo dilemma and copyright in the cloud focuses on Aereo, a cloud-based startup company that offers people the possibility to watch live (or nearly live) television on computing devices and smartphones. It was sued by the major US broadcasters for copyright liability, with the company eventually losing in the Supreme Court. The paper considers a dilemma facing courts in the US and EU; that a ruling to shut down Aereo, on the basis that it is unlawful under copyright law, could threaten innovation in areas such as the cloud. 

This paper is published at Internet Policy Review, where it can be freely accessed.