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The Telecom Digest for June 26, 2014
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:10:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Aereo Update: Supreme Court Rules for Broadcasters
Message-ID: <a4a99476-efd6-48f8-b37a-1d5ce1a7e7b1@googlegroups.com>
By Harry Cole, CommLawBlog, June 25, 2014
The Supreme Court has decided the Aereo case! And the answer is
(dramatic drum roll): The Supremes, in a 6-3 vote, have reversed
the Second Circuit's decision -- which means that the broadcasters
have won this round.
You can read the two opinions (those would be Justice Breyer's
majority and Justice Scalia's dissent) here. We are hunkering down
here in the CommLawBlog bunker to take a careful look at the
opinions, which run to 35 pages in toto; we'll be posting our
analysis once we've had a chance to digest it. (In the meantime,
feel free to read the inevitable accounts in the Main Stream Media,
but don't take them as gospel. Wait for us to chime in.)
[snip]
The majority opinion was written by Justice Breyer.
The nine justices split 6-3, with a total of two separate opinions
(including the majority). The line-up was, in the majority (i.e.,
for the broadcasters): Breyer, Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg,
Sotomayor, Kagan; and dissenting (i.e., for Aereo), were Scalia,
Thomas, Alito.
And finally, by our count the word "cloud" appears a total of four
times in both opinions.
Continued:
http://www.commlawblog.com/2014/06/articles/broadcast/aereo-update-supreme-court-rules-for-broadcasters/
-or-
http://tinyurl.com/pw7suuq
Evidently Alito's decision to unrecuse himself didn't affect the outcome.
Other posts:
CNN:
http://tinyurl.com/kqp3nd4
HPO:
http://tinyurl.com/m3xu94e
NBC:
http://tinyurl.com/ov47754
NYT:
http://tinyurl.com/km5a5wk
WSJ:
http://tinyurl.com/p82lnfk
Neal McLain
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:06:09 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Major Ruling Shields Privacy of Cellphones
Message-ID: <p06240803cfd1144ffb1e@[172.16.42.3]>
Major Ruling Shields Privacy of Cellphones
Supreme Court Says Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant
By ADAM LIPTAK
JUNE 25, 2014
WASHINGTON - In a sweeping victory for privacy rights in the digital
age, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the police
need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest.
While the decision will offer protection to the 12 million people
arrested every year, many for minor crimes, its impact will most
likely be much broader. The ruling almost certainly also applies to
searches of tablet and laptop computers, and its reasoning may apply
to searches of homes and businesses and of information held by third
parties like phone companies.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/us/supreme-court-cellphones-search-privacy.html
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