Aereo subscribers had little time Saturday morning to access content from their personal DVRs, after being told in an email (we received ours at 10:15 a.m.) from CEO Chet Kanojia that the service would shut down at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Subscribers will be refunded their last paid month of service, he said.

Capitol Hill likely holds little immediate salvation for Aereo, industry lobbyists and observers told us, following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that found the service violated creative copyrights (CD June 26 p1). Broadcasters had fought against Aereo in the case and argued successfully that the service, which allowed customers to stream broadcast content online without paying retransmission fees, was stealing content.

Capitol Hill likely holds little immediate salvation for Aereo, industry lobbyists and observers told us, following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that found the service violated creative copyrights (WID June 26 p1). Broadcasters had fought against Aereo in the case and argued successfully that the service, which allowed customers to stream broadcast content online without paying retransmission fees, was stealing content.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal for changing E-rate, teed up for a vote at the commission’s July 11 meeting, is facing opposition among many groups representing E-rate beneficiaries, including the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the two largest teachers union.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal for changing E-rate, teed up for a vote at the commission’s July 11 meeting, is facing opposition among many groups representing E-rate beneficiaries, including the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the two largest teachers union.

Capitol Hill likely holds little immediate salvation for Aereo, industry lobbyists and observers told us, following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that found the service violated creative copyrights (CED June 26 p1). Broadcasters had fought against Aereo in the case and argued successfully that the service, which allowed customers to stream broadcast content online without paying retransmission fees, was stealing content.

Despite calls from consumer advocates for U.S. search engines to extend a “right to be forgotten” to U.S. citizens, there’s virtually no chance those companies will ever be legally required to do so, several lawyers told us Friday. “No and no,” said Christopher Wolf, a Hogan Lovells Internet privacy lawyer who also helped found industry-backed privacy advocate Future of Privacy Forum. Lawyers agreed: It’s long odds EU or U.S. law would ever require that. And businesses have little reason to extend the right voluntarily, unless it’s for moral reasons, they said. The First Amendment and the Communications Decency Act (CDA) likely prevent a new law; complications over changing privacy policies and possibly data collection and use practices likely prevent discretionary adoption, lawyers said. “We would have to change our Constitution,” David Gingras, an Internet free speech attorney.

The TV incentive auction is “absolutely not a train wreck,” said FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Thursday during an event on the Future of Mobile, sponsored by AT&T, Politico and TechNet. Clyburn also said she welcomes IP transition experiments in places like Carbon Hill, Alabama (http://soc.att.com/1yRbmYy).

Broadcasters won their case against streaming TV service Aereo in the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a 6 to 3 decision (http://1.usa.gov/1lbK8Si). That makes it very difficult for Aereo to continue operating, several broadcast and copyright attorneys told us. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion, ruling that despite Aereo’s unique technology, the company’s end product was little different from that of a cable company and should be subject to laws intended to impose copyright restrictions on cable companies. Oral argument was in April (CD April 23 p1).

Broadcasters won their case against streaming TV service Aereo in the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a 6 to 3 decision (http://1.usa.gov/1lbK8Si). That makes it very difficult for Aereo to continue operating, several broadcast and copyright attorneys told us. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion, ruling that despite Aereo’s unique technology, the company’s end product was little different than that of a cable company, and should be subject to laws intended to impose copyright restrictions on cable companies. Oral argument was in April (WID April 23 p3).