starry_internet

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starry_internet433 karma

The incumbents accused us of facilitating public performances in violation of copyright law. Our argument was that each subscriber had an individual OTA antenna and individual DVR and that the performance was private, and therefore, not a violation.

starry_internet197 karma

No, jurisdiction didn't matter because copyright is a federal matter. (And FWIW, wasn't a big fan of living in Costa Rica... :-) )

starry_internet182 karma

Low earth orbit satellites are interesting, except capacity will be a challenge. They are short-term solutions for remote areas that don't have access today. But, true solutions are 1) fiber that is gov subsidized or 2) cellular as underutilized capacity becomes more and more prevalent.

starry_internet76 karma

HeeHee!

starry_internet60 karma

  1. If there was an alternative that was safer, we would have started the company with that. In the media business, there is no way to buy a seat at the table. Every successful company has used a copyright argument of some sort (think Sony VHS, Netflix, etc.)
  2. Grit. Lots of grit. Ideas are a dime a dozen, execution is the only thing that matters.