The complaint also accuses the networks of failing to transmit their over-the-air signals with enough power, thereby “forcing consumers” to pay for cable or satellite service, or the broadcasters’ own direct streaming services. The networks have “misused copyrights to expand their market power beyond what those copyrights were intended to protect.” “This is classic copyright abuse,” the lawsuit reads. CBS, which owns the Pop TV and Showtime cable networks, recently agreed to merge with Viacom, which owns MTV and Nickelodeon. NBC and the USA cable channel are owned by NBCUniversal, while the broadcast station Fox and the cable network Fox News are controlled by the Murdoch family. The broadcasters - working together - could put pressure on Google (and other pay-TV operators) by refusing to sell rights to cable channels that are allied with the broadcast networks, the complaint suggests.ĪBC and ESPN, for example, are both controlled by the Walt Disney Company. If it did, according to the complaint, Google would be “punished by the big four broadcasters.” According to the complaint, Google executives alerted Locast in April that the networks had warned the tech company not to allow YouTubeTV to provide access to Locast.
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