Legal Opinion
Wnet v. Aereo, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 18, 2012No. 12 Civ. 1543 (AJN)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, a group of corporate entities engaged in the production, marketing, distribution, and transmission of television programs, filed a complaint against Defendant Aereo, Inc. (“Aereo”) contending that Aereo’s services are unlawful. (Compl. ¶¶ 1-5, 10-18). Aereo, according to Plaintiffs, “take[s] broadcast television signals for the New York-area television stations ... and retransmits them over the Internet to Aereo subscribers.” (Compl. ¶ 1). Plaintiffs, allegedly the holders of the copyrights on at least some of the programs that Aereo…
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