iVi TV being sued by major broadcasters now

[DJ Rob]

Major broadcasters sue Ivi for streaming TV over the web without permission

When Ivi launched a way to stream TV broadcasts over the web earlier this month, it had a premonition that it was going to get sued. On Sept. 20, the company filed a pre-emptive suit in federal court in Seattle as it sought to legal clarification that its service didn’t violate copyright law.

Today, its premonition came true as the broadcasters piled on. Walt Disney Co.’s ABC, CBS, News Corp.’s Fox, General Electric’s NBC and the Public Broadcasting Service all sued Ivi and its founder Todd Weaver of copyright infringement in federal court in New York. To date, those broadcasters have only granted permission for web-based viewing of TV shows to Hulu, Netflix, and Apple.

 

[DRCars]

Not sure why it's in this other section but here is more on this topic:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/fta-shack/227577-letting-go-cable.html#post2326183

DRCars

 

[TheKrell]

Two weeks later ivi still seems to be in business. Huh.

 

[mike123abc]

Two weeks later ivi still seems to be in business. Huh.

Unless they can prove that it is an emergency (I doubt life and death is involved - it is just TV) the court system can take months to resolve an issue to the point of issuing an injunction.