I never trust headlines or come-on's. Editors and even reporters can barely be relied on to get the meat of the stories correct; I surely don't think we can rely on throwaway lines they inject to make the story more of a blockbuster.
Besides the fact that the broadcast and cable networks produce many of their own programs, they are under contract to protect the rights of the content owners from whom they've obtained content.
If you read through the lawsuit, there is nothing in there about commercial avoidance. It is all about copyright.
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