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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (193711)	7/12/2012 11:58:16 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541515

Yet another way that the internet may turn profitable franchises into a struggling cutthroat sector: Judge Says Aereo, a TV Streaming Service, May Continue By BRIAN STELTER Aereo, the service backed by Barry Diller, can keep streaming for now. A federal judge on Wednesday denied a temporary injunction sought by television broadcasters that would have shut down Aereo, a start-up that streams local TV stations’ signals to customers over the Internet without the explicit permission of the stations. The broadcasters said they would continue to pursue their lawsuit against the service. But the ruling by Judge Alison Nathan of the United States District Court in Manhattan gives Mr. Diller, the chief executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and the other backers of Aereo the confidence to move forward. Aereo is one of the most ambitious attempts to distribute television over the Internet, potentially disrupting the existing arrangement of broadcast, cable and satellite distribution. In early March, two sets of major broadcasters sued Aereo in the Southern District of New York, weeks before the company started to accept paying subscribers in New York City. Had the injunction been granted by the judge, Aereo “could not have continued,” Mr. Diller said in an e-mail on Wednesday after the ruling was announced. While a trial lies ahead, he said the company was “far happier to begin this process with the judge’s ruling.” One set of broadcasters, representing Fox, Tribune, Univision and PBS stations, said in a statement that the ruling asserted “that it is O.K. to misappropriate copyrighted material and retransmit it without compensation.” The stations said they would “continue to fight to protect our copyrights and expect to prevail on appeal.” CBS, another plaintiff, vowed to continue seeking damages and a permanent injunction. “This is only a ruling on a preliminary injunction,” the broadcaster said. “This case is not over by a long shot.” Though now in just one market with a small number of subscribers, Aereo could portend big changes in how television is distributed and financed in the future. It is rooted in the notion that anyone can set up an antenna and freely have access to TV stations. The company relies on an array of thousands of tiny antennas, one for each customer. It retransmits the signals to customers over the Internet at a cost of $12 a month. Because of the antenna array, Aereo pointedly does not pay fees to stations for the right to retransmit their signals. If courts continue to side with Aereo, the cable and satellite companies that currently do pay such fees may try to replicate the Aereo model. Aereo said Wednesday evening in a news release, “Today’s decision should serve as a signal to the public that control and choice are moving back into the hands of the consumer — that’s a powerful statement.” mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (193711)	7/13/2012 12:06:24 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541515

From Jennie Granholm Breaking: Romney was 100% stakeholder in 11 Bain companies later than 1999 The War Room” and Current TV have uncovered further evidence of Mitt Romney’s lies about the extent of his ties to Bain after 1999, when he claims to have left the company. A 2003 document with the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission state that Romney held several “executive” positions at Bain Capital and its affiliates. “The Massachusetts Ethics Commission filing distinguishes between the Bain companies in which he played an active role and others where he had ‘no active role,’” Jennifer Granholm says. See the video current.com = PS Remember, this is a guy who took all the hard drives when he left office. Romney Admits He Destroyed Government Records To Keep Them From Political Opponents By Alex Seitz-Wald on Nov 21, 2011 at 1:10 pm Last week, a Boston Globe investigation uncovered that former Gov. Mitt Romney’s administration destroyed emails, purchased hard drives, and otherwise obliterated all digital records of his time as governor of Massachusetts. This happened as Romney was leaving the state to campaign for president (the first time), and observers immediately speculated that the systematic destruction was politically motivated to hide embarrassing data