适者生存: 电视行业面临灭顶之灾_BEC初级作文

适者生存: 电视行业面临灭顶之灾

Those other networks, though, along with PBS and Fox, are fighting hard to put Aereo out of business. But so far, they're losing their legal argument. A federal appeals court last week ruled that Aereo can keep operating while their lawsuit against the company proceeds. In so doing, the judges noted that the networks are unlikely to win at trial. Barring a further appeal to the Supreme Court or passage of new laws, that would mean that broadcast signals are there for the taking by Internet streaming companies like Aereo, which is backed by Barry Diller's IAC/Interactive (IACI).

除了公共广播公司（PBS）和福克斯广播以外，其它广播公司也正在拼命置Aereo于死地。然而他们正在失去法律依据。上周，联邦上诉法院判决表示，诉讼进行期间，Aereo可以继续运营。如此一来，法官等于宣布了广播电视商们不大可能打赢这场官司。无法向最高法院上诉，也不能借助新法律，这意味着由巴里•迪勒的互动公司（IAC，InterActiveCorp.）支持的Aereo等网络流媒体公司可以自由获取空中电视信号。

The broadcasters say the model amounts to copyright infringement. Carey on Monday said that his company "won't just sit idle and allow our content to be actively stolen." Aereo's business is based on a 2008 court ruling that applied in that case to Cablevision's "cloud based" DVR service, which essentially functions as a home video recorder with a really long cord, attached at the other end to a machine in a Cablevision (CVC) facility that stores video files for the personal use of subscribers. The length of the cord, the court essentially ruled, shouldn't matter.