Broadcasters Petition Supreme Court to Review Aereo Case

They maintain their argument that the service is stealing their signals

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Everyone expected broadcasters to petition the Supreme Court to review their copyright infringement case against Aereo. On Friday, broadcasters lived up to the expectations. All the major network TV owners including ABC, Disney, CBS, NBCUniversal, Telemundo, Fox Television Stations, Univision Television, Public Broadcasting Service and WPIX (owned by Tribune) filed a writ of certiorari with the high court. 

Aereo has been the bane of broadcasters' existence since it launched a year and a half ago by offering consumers streams of local broadcasters' signals over the Internet for about $8 a month.

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