The four major broadcast networks, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to shut down Locast, a free streaming app that provides broadcast TV signals. The broadcasters argue that Locast, ...

ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC sued to shut down the service that streams broadcast channels for free. Locast calls it a sham and hauls YouTube into the fray. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, ...

The popular app for cord-cutters suffered an adverse decision in late summer and has now agreed to be permanently shut down. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large A case that began with hype ...

A federal judge focuses on the way Locast has raised money and rules an exception to copyright liability for nonprofits doesn't apply here. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large ABC, CBS, Fox ...

“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 ...

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Want to watch the Super Bowl and other network TV for free? A start-up called Locast will let you, and (so far) the big broadcasters aren’t trying to stop it. By Edmund Lee On the roof of a luxury ...

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Locast retransmits broadcast signals without permission Company claimed it was covered by nonprofit exemption in Copyright Act Manhattan court said Locast charges ...

The four major broadcast networks have filed a lawsuit against Locast, a New York-based nonprofit that streams local broadcast programming over the internet. In their lawsuit, ABC, CBS, NBC Universal ...

The major broadcast networks have now taken aim at the free streaming service, Locast. A lawsuit has now been filed on behalf of ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC over what the networks consider to be a violation ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T (NYSE:T) will add Locast's interactive app on its DIRECTV and U-verse platforms starting today. Locast is a public service application that offers ...