“The federal court’s ruling is a victory for copyright law, vindicating our claim that Locast is illegally infringing copyrights in broadcast television content in violation of federal law,” Gerson ...

BOCA RATON, FLA. — The controversial local broadcast TV streaming service some companies believe is illegally distributing stations without a retransmission agreement has invaded South Florida’s two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Locast is simply Aereo 2.0, a business built on illegally using broadcaster content,” the lawsuit reads in part. “While it ...

Locast, a registered not-for-profit that captures over-the-air broadcast signals and streams them over the internet to users who live within a specific geographic areas, has been handed a major blow ...

The major broadcast networks are asking a judge to dismiss antitrust claims against them raised by Locast, a streaming service that has been embroiled in litigation with the broadcasters since the ...

Locast relies on an exemption in copyright law that lets nonprofits retransmit broadcasts to the public. Caveat: Locast only offers live TV feeds, not DVR service. If you want to record local channels ...

After losing a ruling in a case brought by the big broadcast networks, the streaming app is suspending service "effective immediately." By Alex Weprin, Eriq Gardner The streaming TV app Locast is ...

No great surprise here, but Locast — which took over-the-air broadcasts from the major network channels in about three dozen major markets in the United States — is no more. After a couple years in ...

Locast was ordered to shut down its online TV service forever in a permanent injunction issued yesterday by a federal judge. The order came two weeks after the judge gave major broadcast networks a ...