The U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City...
The U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City issued a preliminary injunction against streaming service Aereo, barring the company from transmitting copyrighted material in the jurisdiction of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to court documents. The decision…
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is the first loss for Aereo, despite many attempted preliminary injunctions sought by broadcasters. Though Aereo had argued that the court should follow the precedent in prior decisions in its favor, Judge Dale Kimball said he was more persuaded by 2nd Circuit Judge Denny Chin’s dissent in an Aereo case and the D.C. Circuit’s ruling against Aereo competitor FilmOn, court documents said. Along with the preliminary injunction, Kimball stayed the case pending a decision on Aereo’s case in the U.S. Supreme Court. Both Aereo and the broadcaster plaintiffs had requested the stay, but were in conflict over whether Aereo would be enjoined while awaiting the high court decision. Kimball also denied Aereo’s request to move the case to the 2nd Circuit. “We are extremely disappointed that the District Court in Utah has chosen to take a different path than every other Court that has reviewed the Aereo technology,” said Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia in an emailed statement. “Consumers have a fundamental right to watch over the air broadcast television via an antenna and to record copies for their personal use. The Copyright Act provides no justification to curtail that right simply because the consumer is using modern, remotely located equipment."