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The Next Chapter

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Re: The Next Chapter

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Post by fedoreo »

Redditor here. It was about time.

tips fedora

Edit: why the downvotes? Please upvote for visibility.

Edit2: come on guys, 4 downvotes, why? Explain before blatantly downvoting.

Re: The Next Chapter

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Post by bhouston »

Not surprising. This played out in Canada back in 1999/2000 in a similar fashion:

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICraveTV

- http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33093

- http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-237450.html

ICraveTV was less ambitious than Aereo as well, as it had no DVR functionality, and it still got taken into the courts until they gave up.

Re: The Next Chapter

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Post by fedoreo »

fabiandesimone wrote: post #4
fedoreo wrote: post #2

Redditor here. It was about time. tips fedora Edit: why the downvotes? Please upvote for visibility. Edit2: come on guys, 4 downvotes, why? Explain before blatantly downvoting.

Tips fedora and upvote for visibility? Oh boy.

That is our inside joke. My fellow redditors will understand.

Re: The Next Chapter

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Post by TimJRobinson »

fedoreo wrote: post #2

Redditor here. It was about time. tips fedora Edit: why the downvotes? Please upvote for visibility. Edit2: come on guys, 4 downvotes, why? Explain before blatantly downvoting.

You're being downvoted because your comment adds nothing to the conversation. Hacker news tries to maintain a high signal to noise ratio.

Re: The Next Chapter

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Post by lnlyplnt »

The best case for aereo was that they used their hack of the copyright system to eventually lobby to change the laws and become "legit". IMO there were always pretty slim chances of that happening. Still sad though, I hate the current copyright system as much as anyone.

Re: The Next Chapter

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Post by seren »

fedoreo wrote: post #5
fabiandesimone wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tips fedora and upvote for visibility? Oh boy.

That is our inside joke. My fellow redditors will understand.

Inside jokes, +1, etc are usually considered as noise and are religiously downvoted.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: The Next Chapter

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Post by kcorbitt »

fedoreo wrote: post #2

Redditor here. It was about time. tips fedora Edit: why the downvotes? Please upvote for visibility. Edit2: come on guys, 4 downvotes, why? Explain before blatantly downvoting.

You're probably genuinely confused about why you're getting downvotes, and I'm sorry about that. Hacker News, like any group, has a particular culture. If you're brave enough to stick around after the onslaught you're getting right now you'll find that posts that are longer and more thoughtful tend to be appreciated much more than short drive-by comments. For example, you might have explained why "it was about time" -- was there anything in their business practices that you particularly disagree with, or did you just mean that this seemed inevitable after losing in the Supreme Court?
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