Locast to Pay $32M to Broadcasters to Settle Copyright Lawsuit
“A case that began with hype that someone had finally cracked the code for delivering free and legal broadcast streaming is ending with a $32 million payment of copyright damages to ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. After suspending its service following a devastating court loss, Locast has also now,” reports Eriq Gardner in The Hollywood Reporter.
“That mattered because copyright law allows a limited exception for secondary transmission of broadcast programming when it’s made by a governmental body, or other nonprofit organization, without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage. In late August, a federal judge in New York looked at the way Locast raised.”
