Aereo, MP3s, and Apple's apology - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, April 1st, 2013
Aereo, MP3s, and Apple's apology - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, April 1st, 2013
2013-04-01
it's Monday April first 2013 I'm ellis
hamburger and the following is based
upon real life events this is 90 seconds
on the verge streaming TV service Aereo
has scored another legal victory against
broadcasters the u.s. Second Circuit
Court of Appeals ruled that Aereo does
not infringe upon the copyrights of TV
broadcasters and subsequently rejected
their bid to have the service shut down
while today's decision will out
accompany to continue operation case
still is yet to go to court where
anything can happen in other legal news
a new york district court judge has
ruled that it's illegal to resell your
mp3s Capitol Records won the victory
against for digi a service that lets
users resell their legitimately
purchased music files online under
current US law people can sell physical
goods they purchase without fear
copyright infringement however using
read Izzy's service requires making a
copy of the file in question something
that isn't covered Capitol Records once
arguments for buying digital music
instead of subscription services 0 and
finally Apple CEO Tim Cook has
apologized to Chinese customers the
company has been receiving criticism
that it handles warranties and China
differently than it does in other
countries in a letter on Apple's Chinese
site Cook said he was sorry for quote
any concerns or misunderstandings and
admitted that poor communication may
have been an issue this is actually
cooked second apology since taking over
as Apple CEO the first was for Apple
maps snafu that eventually led to iOS
lead Scott Forstall leaving the company
and that's it for today's top stories
but tune in tomorrow for our in-depth
feature report on black market bake
sales
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