Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Ivi's Case

Ivi, a pay TV service that was streaming over-the-air TV signals on the Internet without permission, has finally reached the end of the road in court.

The Supreme Court denied the company's petition for certiorari and refused to hear the case, letting stand the Second Circuit decision upholding an injunction against the service. The decision hands a satisfying victory and perhaps hopeful one to broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and other station owners that sued ivi in 2010 for copyright infringement and are faced with a similar legal challenge to Aereo, another streaming service in New York backed by Barry Diller.