Is Electronic Data Services Legal
Watching TV content streamed over the internet is legal. However, it is not legal to download or record any material that is copyrighted. Some IPTV services stream content from servers that have recorded the content, and many times the content is copyrighted. Even though you are watching it as it as streamed, such as a movie-on-demand, since someone had to record the content in order for you to be able to watch it, copyright laws may have been violated. That is why Electronic Data Services
does not have any VOD content.
As for the streamed content, the aggregator of the content that Electronic Data Services
uses purchases content from the content owners through arrangements known in the industry as "carriage deals". The rates the aggregator pays for the right to stream this content are determined by a fee scale based on how many customers will be viewing the content.
Because the aggregator is licensed to stream the content through these carriage deals with the various content owners, and because Electronic Data Services
does not stream recorded content, Electronic Data Services
is legal.
