On Wednesday, the major broadcasters filed a copyright lawsuit targeting Locast, a much-hyped digital app that streams over-the-air television stations.
The lawsuit against Locast, which recently earned a $500,000 donation from AT&T, figures to become a follow-up to the Supreme Court'sGerson Zweifach, a partner at Williams & Connolly representing ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC in the lawsuit, commented about the filing, "Locast is simply Aereo 2.0, a business built on illegally using broadcaster content.
While it pretends to be a public service without any commercial purpose, Locast’s marketing and deep connections to AT&T and DISH make clear that it exists to serve its pay-tv patrons. A rogue streaming service skirting the law for the benefit of telecom giants does nothing but threaten the very investments in content that consumers value. We are confident that like Aereo before it, Locast will be found in violation of the law and shut down.