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Jury Rules for Plaintiffs in Asbestos Case
2014-06-25 21:16:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
A New York jury awarded two plaintiffs $25 million in a lawsuit maintaining that two electricians were continually exposed to asbestos throughout their careers. Content Classification: Curated read more
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US Supreme Court rules against Aereo, eviscerates the companys business model
2014-06-25 20:26:57| Extremetech
The Supreme Court has ruled that Aereo's antenna rebroadcasting service is illegal in its current form. This almost certainly means the death of the company -- but it also points to the need to reconsider copyright in the US.
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Supreme Court rules Aereo violates copyright
2014-06-25 17:12:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) US TV networks have won their lawsuit against the TV service Aereo. The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 vote that Aereo is in violation of copyright law when it streams free-to-air TV channels to consumers. Aereo provides a cloud DVR service, giving customers on-demand access to programming from the main channels in the US. It had refused to pay carriage fees to the broadcasters, saying customers had the right to receive the channels for personal use over the individual antennas used for the service. The court said Aereo is no different from other video providers such as cable networks, because the content it sends to viewers constitutes a "public performance", the Washington Post reported. Aereo had argued that its service was merely an extension of traditional cloud-based DVR services. Among the dissenting judges, Antonin Scalia compared Aereo to a "copy shop that provides its patrons with a library card". He argued that Aereo didn't transmit anything at all its customers play the content to themselves, and so couldn't have violated copyright law.
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Warrants needed for cellphone searches, Supreme Court rules
2014-06-25 17:10:40| InfoWorld: Top News
Police must obtain warrants to search cellphones and smartphones when they are making arrests, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous decision. The ruling involves two separate cases from Massachusetts and California, with the decision weighing heavily in favor of privacy rights.
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Update: Warrants needed for cellphone searches, Supreme Court rules
2014-06-25 17:10:40| InfoWorld: Top News
Police cannot generally search cellphones without a warrant when they are arresting someone, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision Wednesday that weighs heavily in favor of Fourth Amendment and privacy rights.
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