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Civilization & Discontents  Appeals court upholds legality of
Aereo’s “tiny antennas” scheme  Ludicrous metaphysics produce
sensible policy result.   A federal appeals court has handed a
big setback to broadcasters trying to stop Aereo, a startup that
streams New York-area television content over the Internet.
Broadcasters such as Fox and Univision argued that transmitting
TV content without permission was copyright infringement. But
Aereo countered that its service was analogous to a television
and DVR that happened to have a really long cable between the
antenna and the screen. On Monday, the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit agreed.  Aereo's technology was
designed from the ground up to take advantage of a landmark 2008
ruling holding that a "remote" DVR product offered by
Cablevision was consistent with copyright law. Key to that
ruling was Cablevision's decision to create a separate copy of
recorded TV programs for each user. Whi