Originally Posted by photostill

This whole thing is tricky dicky being played out in court. The sad truth is that conservative law (as it always is) hasn't kept up with technology. The laws don't fit the new circumstances.
This is so true. The Law will always be behind the Eight Ball because it (the Law) cannot afford to step on "The Peoples Rights".
So if streaming tv shows is such a crime, show me the difference between streaming and cruising the internet? Links? Nope can't be that, the internet doesn't function without links. Showing something not on your computer? Nope, that is what the internet does. Making a copy? Nope, the internet does not function without making a copy to put on your computer of what you wish to see. TV shows? You can get them over the air on publicly broadcasted channels for free. So what does it matter how far the reception extends?
Adverts pay for the Free TV, and the Stations need people to be watching their station so as to get a High Number of Viewers so they can get, and charge the big dollars for, Advertisements. Free Streaming TV shows on the Net does away with this View Number Count that all stations need.
If reception range were the issue, what would you say about a radio station set up to purposely broadcast subversive ideas into other countries? You know, like Radio Free Europe or Radio Havana, or even the notorious Hanoi Jane?
Maybe these Stations will offer better stuff then what is currently on the Air LOL
The whole business here smacks of two things.
One is the law being hopelessly outdated. Yes it is
The other is vested interests trying to control something that isn't all that controllable. It is Not Totally Controllable but they don't want to control all of it Just the bits that effect them.
This is a scape goat setup to take the heat, nothing more.
This is normal behaviour within our society, not only of todays society but also that of our forefathers, and I will say it GOD himself.