ereo uses tiny antennas to broadcast signals to subscribers without paying for it. network say this is copyright infringement since they are receiving no fees. aereo claims they are not subject to copyright laws because they receive it privately. aereo is available on a level in -- in 11 cities, houston, and dallas. if it loses the case, it will likely finish. betty liu was that the supreme court all day long. i know court just let out, what is happening on the ground? >> moments ago, the oral arguments were finished. i think an interesting dynamic played out. both sides,ers from paul clement and david frederick came out and made the reposing statements. in that crowd, was barry diller. he wanted to listen in on what paul clement, the lead attorney for the broadcasters, what he have to say. i guess he didn't get enough information in the car -- in the court room. i asked very how we thought things went and he said, i think they went well. he didn't want to make any more statements but he listened in again on the broadcasters and then he walked off. a lot of people t

was a manowd, emily, ereo. i asked barry, how do you think things went in the courtroom? he said, you know what? i think things went well. he listened in on the broadcasters and walked off. a lot of people thought that there he would perhaps just slid out the side door. he just couldn't help himself, emily. >> tell us who the players are. on one sidedcasters and the obama administration have come to their support. >> the department of justice came down in support of the broadcasters. reo side lots of silicon valley. dish networks. wrote a brief in support of the company saying this is basically what we have, which is we allow people to get broadcast content in whatever way they want. they can record it. it is essentially new technology doing the same old thing that a vcr used to do, emily. down for an exclusive interview ahead of today's arguments. never existed? what did he have to say about today in particular yak go >> it is interesting that chet did not want to say anything. he did not take questions after the court let out. optimistic, he was that he will win. the la

it,ereo is not paying for does it call into question the money being paid?s that result in a new thestreet shakeup -- does that result in an industry shakeup? do you see new technology or industry consolidation? if you are a local broadcaster, you are not as valuable as you were before. does cbs move to cable? there are big questions. >> how does this give aereo a competitive advantage? been in argument has the traditional world if you're using an antenna, you are allowed to do that. you should be allowed to record shows viewed by your family and friends. their argument has always been based on technology itself. that becomes their advantage if more people are not signing up and going to aereo or netflix. they have been successful in some markets with that. >> the federal judge from the court of appeals called aereo's set up a sham. he said the individual antennas are a rube goldberglike contrivance, an overly complicated device that s the simple task in a confusing way to evade copyright law. is that what the justices may be zeroing in on? >> they will focu

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a hypothetical situation that you have amazon video, you have netflix, and you ereo, do you really needbe paying dish? dish, it asst directv, at&t. everybody is thinking about this stuff. >> a lot of these companies used to be one in the same. time warner used to be the same company as time warner cable. the content and distribution were one. now that time warner is a different company than time warner cable and there has been a bifurcation between content and distributor -- a few years ago, when they were one company, it they would have been unlikely to do a deal like the amazon deal where they are prodding people away toward getting pay-tv. .> my head hurt i just want to watch tv. >> it is changing so fast. thank you so much for breaking it down. it is not just hbo. you can watch bloomberg tv on amazon fire. president obama just kicked off a three-day visit to japan and a world-famous sushi restaurant. ♪ >> president obama is in japan, the first stop of an eight-day trip designed to underscore america's commitment to the asia-pacific region. megan hughes joins me from washington with

ereo?about a see how note to having license deals works just because of the dollars they invest.back to my comment. i don't think you want to not give the consumer what they want, so i think there's going to be some reconciliation between those companies ultimately having some sort of licensing deals that allows them to operate. because clearly consumers find value in those services, and i think they will grow. >> it was a supreme court decision. it is not a government that adheres to voters. they will just a yes or no. >> thank you so much. nick thompson as always, thank you very much in your comments on ukraine. forex, what i watch for a litmus paper on ukraine. 36, i will.. bottom, round it up. euro-dollar, 1.3839. and a little weakness in the japanese yen. coming up, on technological progress, bradley delong from janeway.and william next. ♪ >> militant forces maneuver in ukraine. kiev confronts pro-russian ukrainians. nato confronts ghosts of the past. we are waiting for bank of america earnings. another provider of online video. this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are live

following the oral argument, attorneys representing both abc ereo spur brief -- spoke briefly to reporters. clement, -- paul clement. i just want to say we are very glad to get before the court filedon the case that we trying to seek review of the second circuit's decision because we thought the second circuit's decision was profoundly wrong and was a real threat to the nature of the broadcast industry. we are very happy to be in court today. we are very pleased with the way the court considered the arguments. they understood the technology. they understood the stakes. obviously, they were focused on the interpretation of the statute and we convey to them are relatively straightforward position which is that a service can not provide live tv over the internet to thousands of paying strangers without engaging in a public performance. it is really as simple as that and the statute protects the public performance rights and the technology and service of aereo violates that. what is the number was -- number one weakness you would see in the reaction? >> i don't think we perceive the weakness.

with a straightforward interpretation >> my name is david frederick and i'm outside counsel for a ereo. the supreme court today heard arguments against abc and area. the argument was whether consumers always had a right to make copies of over the air broadcast television. that right should be infringed at all simply by moving the

>> my name is david frederick and i'm outside counsel for a ereo. the supreme court today heard arguments against abc and area. the argument was whether consumers always had a right to make copies of over the air broadcast television. that right should be infringed at all simply by moving the antenna and dvr to the cloud. the court's decision will have significant consequences for cloud computing. we are cautiously optimistic based on the way to hearing went today that the court understood that when a person watching over the air broadcast television in his or her home is engaging in a private performance and not a public formants, that would implicate the copyright act. >> broadcasters can spend william the dollars. >> thank you guys. >> i remember on saturday, the first conversation i had with the group of evil -- it was not about to you are from and what the school was like, but it was about ukraine, it was about politics, our beliefs in education and after that moment, i was like this week is going to be intense will stop its cool to see our fri