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SC brief arguments. Aereo, T.V. broadcasters battle in Supreme Court fight - Business. Grappling with fast-changing technology, Supreme Court justices debated Tuesday whether they can protect the copyrights of TV broadcasters to the shows they send out without strangling innovations in the use of the internet. The high court heard arguments in a dispute between television broadcasters and Aereo Inc., which takes free television signals from the airwaves and charges subscribers to watch the programs on laptop computers, smartphones and even their large-screen televisions.

The case has the potential to bring big changes to the television industry. Chet Kanojia, founder and CEO of Aereo Inc., has a longstanding fight with TV broadcasters over using and reselling their signals. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) But several justices expressed concern that a ruling for the broadcasters could hamper the burgeoning world of cloud computing, which gives users access to a vast online computer network that stores and processes information. Is cloud computing in play? Why so many antennas? The National Law Journal. The National Law Journal. Argument Transcripts.