India, June 20 -- Locast, a startup that provides streaming access to local TV channels in a growing number of markets, continues to succeed where others, such as Aereo and Ivi, crashed and burned.
It's still early days, but Locast appears to have found a way to stream access to those channels without having to dodge the crushing legal hammer of powerful US broadcasters.
Locast's angle into streaming local TV hinges on its position as a non-profit organization underpinned by donations that, it hopes, are enough to keep the service running. In its FAQ, Locast boasts that it did its homework in this area, noting that the copyright statute allows it to charge a "nominal fee" to "defray the actual and reasonable costs" for providing a digital...