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Are there any other services like Aereo out there?

What was the key deciding factor that they broke the law?

What will happen now to Aereo's investors money? Will it be used to pay a large copyright royalty fee? Can it pivot? I think the latter is unlikely seeing they had no other plans, they bet the horse.

Reading this article back in March, I would've been freaked if I was an investor.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_Co4SqI...

    “No. There is no plan. We believe in our merit and we do
    think it’s the right thing. Progress is important. The 
    mission of this company was to try to create an open 
    platform, to try to wedge the system open a little bit.
    And if we don’t succeed in that despite our best 
    efforts, good law on our side, and the merits of our 
    case, it will be a tragedy but it is what it is.”
Aereo CEO


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