[Cialug] OT: A la carte cable (was: no more UPS needed)

[Stuart Thiessen]

Ehhh ... I have never gotten cable or satellite because I never felt I should subsidize channels in which I have no interest.

They are not entitled to my money to support their programming. That should be my decision, not theirs. An all or nothing choice means they get nothing from me. It's almost like pre-installing Windows and not giving me the option to have Linux or other OS pre-installed. :-)

Now, if I want reruns, I just buy the DVD's.

Stuart
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Nathan Stien" <nathanism at gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:02:21 
To:"Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: [Cialug] OT: A la carte cable (was: no more UPS needed)


On Jan 5, 2008 2:49 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:
> I do like the PTC for one reason, they're pushing the hardest for a la
> carte cable, so they don't have to pay for the "smutty" channels

I used to be a believer in [mandatory] a la carte, but I have since
changed my mind.  I pretty much agree with this assessment about how
it would harm programming diversity:

http://www.techliberation.com/archives/043010.php

And this is an interesting one about the conjunction between a la
carte and PTC-style efforts to censor television:

http://www.techliberation.com/archives/042416.php

Tech Liberation Front is in general a pretty good tech law blog, if
you're into that sort of thing.

- Nathan
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