Internet TV company Aereo will square off against the nation's biggest broadcast networks in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, pitting an upstart company with Boston ties against the giants of television.
The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear arguments from Aereo and the networks, which claim the service — which takes free over-the-air channels and retransmits them over the Internet to paying subscribers — violates copyright law.
"We look forward to presenting our case to the Supreme Court and we have every confidence that the court will validate and preserve a consumer's right to access local over-the-air television with an individual antenna," said Aereo founder and CEO Chet Kenojia.
Internet companies including Google and Yahoo have sided with Aereo, while sports leagues including the NFL and MLB have threatened to pull their games from broadcast TV if Aereo is allowed to continue to operate.
"We believe that Aereo's business model, and similar offerings that operate on the same principle, are built on stealing the creative content of others. We are pleased that our case will be heard and we look forward to having our day in court," CBS said in a statement.
Michael Carrier, a Rutgers University law professor, said the key issue is whether Aereo's service is a public or private performance.
"I don't know what they're going to find. It's a very discrete issue the court has not looked at before," Carrier said.
Aereo, which recently raised $34 million in funding to expand beyond the 10 cities it now operates in, has most of its employees in its Innovation District office in Boston.
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