NY Judge Allows Startup to Relay Live TV to iPhones, iPads. Will Second Screen Ratings Help Networks?

It's not illegal to watch live content from television networks on a mobile device, a New York judge ruled on Wednesday. Television networks Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC and others had sued the startup company Aereo for copyright infringements after learning that the company was using remote antennas to give viewers access to their content on iPhones, iPads, and computers for $12 per month.

It’s not illegal to watch live content from television networks on a mobile device, a New York judge ruled on Wednesday. Television networks Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC and others had sued the startup company Aereo for copyright infringements after learning that the company was using remote antennas to give viewers access to their content on iPhones, iPads, and computers for $12 per month.

Aereo had argued that its antennas were simply smaller, remote versions of the old rabbit ears that television viewers have been using for years.

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