Will Locast Survive the Lawsuit?

Locast is a non-profit service that retransmits over the air TV signals over the Internet. It has over 2.3 million users and is currently being sued by US broadcasters for violating copyright law. We'll dive into the case and learn more about the legalities of what Locast is doing in this week's wrapup! Subscribe for more! http://lon.tv/s VIDEO INDEX: 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - What is Locast? 02:34 - Locast user base 02:59 - Locast vs. Aereo 03:48 - Lawsuit Against Locast 05:08 - Circumvention of Locast's Location Detection 06:10 - Broadcaster's Claims of Commercial Benefit 08:05 - Cable Retransmission Fees are Big Business 08:22 - Where is Comcast on this? 11:05 - Predictions for what's next 14:08 - Supporter Thank Yous 14:35 - Helping the Channel 14:48 - My Other Channels 15:45 - Conclusion Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email See my second channel for supplementary content : http://lon.tv/extras Join the Facebook group to connect with me and other viewers! http://lon.tv/facebookgroup Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Read more about my transparency and disclaimers: http://lon.tv/disclosures Want to chat with other fans of the channel? Visit our Facebook Group! http://lon.tv/facebookgroup Want to help the channel? Start a Member subscription or give a one time tip! http://lon.tv/support or contribute via Venmo! [email protected] Follow me on Facebook! http://facebook.com/lonreviewstech Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/lonseidman Catch my longer interviews and wrap-ups in audio form on my podcast! http://lon.tv/itunes http://lon.tv/stitcher or the feed at http://lon.tv/podcast/feed.xml We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.