ivi TV Update: ivi Files Complaint for Declaratory Judgment

As we recently reported here, a new Internet-connected software application, called "ivi tv", was just released that allows PC, MAC and LINUX end users to stream live feeds from over-the-air television stations to their computers anywhere in the world. Unlike other online content distributors, however, the start-up recently confirmed that it has elected not to negotiate with the copyright holders for the license of its programming, and has instead elected to wager its future on a seemingly liberal interpretation of certain provisions of the Copyright Act (the "Act"), which permit qualifying "cable systems" to rebroadcast over-the-air television signals upon the payment of certain statutorily mandated revenues (see Section 111).