CON: The Consumer Federation of American and the Consumers Union, Amici Curiae
Peter Jaszi, Counsel of Record
The Consumer Federation of America is the largest consumer advocacy organization in the United States. The Consumers Union is the policy and advocacy division of the nonprofit group Consumer Reports. Peter Jaszi is a professor at American University’s Washington College of Law, where he heads the Intellectual Property Law Clinic. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 2, 2014. The public policy of the United States copyright regime strongly favors protecting consumer sovereignty and consumer choice. Aereo’s technology empowers consumers with an individual remotely located antenna and…
