Second Circuit Refuses to Enjoin Aereo’s Internet Streaming of Broadcast Television

By Alexander P. Ott   (Editor’s note: The following summary addresses an important case that was highlighted by Major League Baseball at the Sports Lawyers Association’s annual meeting because of the threat it poses to the professional sports leagues’ television contracts.)   Addressing the legality of a streaming TV service that provides Internet-streaming of broadcast television programming, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concluded that the activities in quest