Aereo Inc.’s copyright dispute with the major television broadcasters didn’t pan out as the now-bankrupt streaming service had hoped. But after Aereo lost its case at the U.S. Supreme Court, competitor FilmOn X continued to fight. Now, a Los Angeles federal judge has moved FilmOn closer to winning its battle with broadcasters.
Like Aereo, FilmOn relies on banks of small antennae to retransmit television broadcasts over the Internet. Both companies initially maintained that the technology didn’t amount to copyright infringement because they were simply allowing users to access on their computers content that was freely available to anyone with a TV and a digital rabbit ear antenna.
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