Another court proceeding against Netflix and Hulu lobbied back in 2020 has come to a head in recent weeks, in what is a small but significant win for video streaming against the weight of US cable. While the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision that Netflix and Hulu are not defined as “video service providers” and are therefore not liable to pay the same franchise fees that local cablecos are, we feel the decision will not deter copycat lawsuits down the line. It begs the question of where, in the eyes of the law, the line is between cables in the ground and servers in the sky-rise? Faultline and other outlets will continue to describe the Netflixs and Hulus of the world…