Aereo-like NYC nonprofit Locast streams local TV for free

That’s because a similar service, Aereo, tried to snag over-the-air TV broadcasts and stream them as their own $8 per month subscription service. The Supreme Court deemed that illegal for violating copyright law back in 2014, and Aereo shut down. Locast may run afoul of that argument since it’s technically live-broadcasting other channels’ content without …

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