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Sep 2, 2021 · Locast, a nonprofit service that used a loophole in copyright law to stream local TV channels on the cheap, delivered a blow to cord cutters this week by abruptly suspending its operations.
Sep 2, 2021 · Locast has announced that it is suspending its TV streaming service starting today, following a court ruling earlier this week in a lawsuit from ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, which jointly sued the ...
Sep 16, 2021 · 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...
Sep 2, 2021 · The streaming TV app Locast is shutting down for now, after losing a critical court ruling in a case brought by the broadcast networks, including CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox.
Sep 16, 2021 · A judge this week permanently prohibited streamer Locast from continuing operations of its business, a decision that follows a yearslong legal standoff between major broadcasters and the scrappy...
Sep 2, 2021 · Locast was sued by ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC in July 2019. The companies alleged that Locast "must have a license to retransmit copyrighted television programming" even though the TV channels...
Sep 1, 2021 · September 1, 2021. In a blow to millions of people who rely on local television broadcasts, a federal court ruled yesterday that the nonprofit TV-streaming service Locast is not protected by an exception to copyright created by Congress to ensure that every American has access to their local stations.