U.S. copyright officials have told Aereo that they do not consider it a “cable company” under the terms of copyright law, according to a letter obtained by CNBC.
Aereo, which lost a key Supreme Court ruling last month on the legitimacy of its TV-streaming service, had sought the same license available to other cable companies to rebroadcast TV programs over its service.
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