The broadcast networks have already convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that Aereo Inc.’s business model violates copyright law, sending the fledgling television streaming company into bankruptcy. Now they’re fighting to lift a litigation hold stemming from Aereo’s Chapter 11 filing and get their case back in district court, where they can press their infringement claims and secure their pound of flesh.
In a string of recent filings in bankruptcy court in Manhattan, lawyers for the networks at Debevoise & Plimpton, Jenner & Block and other firms have asked for relief from an automatic litigation stay set off by Aereo’s late-November bankruptcy filing. The broadcasters have spent two years embroiled in copyright litigation with Aereo, the Barry Diller-backed startup that allowed users to stream and store broadcast television using tiny remote antennas.
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