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CEO: Stopping Aereo Means Stopping 'Entire Industries'

The Hollywood Reporter has this piece on a conference call between investors and the CEO of Aereo, an Internet streaming service for free broadcast television that is challenging the boundaries of copyright law. CEO Chet Kanojia said that if his firm loses its court battles that "entire industries" would be threatened, Hollywood Reporter reported. "'The implication of not allowing private performance means" more people would pay more for performance licenses as well as posing a threat to entertainment companies working on cloud DVR services, Kanojia said on the call.