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• On the post: Canadian Cablecos Dodge Government Demand For Cheaper TV Bundles — By Hiding Them From Consumers

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2016 @ 03:32pm

  You can lead a horse to water...

  It's fine.
  
  If the cable providers don't agree with the spirit of the rules, they will just go out of business faster.
  
  You can't force someone to accept help.

• On the post: The Cable Industry Is Absolutely Terrified Of Set Top Box Competition

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2016 @ 02:08pm

  Re: Why Do They Care?

  This fight makes no sense to me. If the cable companies are concerned about revenue, they can just cancel the line item for "equipment rental" and just raise the base fee an identical amount. Boom, done.
  
  If they are worried about losing control... I don't understand why. They own the pipes, so changing which box makes the connection ultimately doesn't alter anything.

• On the post: Time Warner Eyes Hulu Stake, Wants Service To Remove Current Seasons Of Shows

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2016 @ 02:10pm

  Go for it TW!

  If you can't get the content legally, I guess the only option is to pirate it.
  
  The lost Hulu revenue and lost ratings are just bonuses.

• On the post: GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2016 @ 02:28pm

  We can block if we want to...

  I did indeed run into this today.
  
  Forbes can keep their content. How they expect to monetize a site with no viewers might be an interesting subject, but isn't my problem.

• On the post: Time Warner Promises To Adapt To Cord Cutting With Fewer TV Ads, Gets Punished By Wall Street For It

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2015 @ 09:22am

  Re: Wall Street always punishes the good actions

  Don't forget that employees "let go" in various ways have no income and therefore don't purchase things, which affects all companies.
  
  Could this be a downward spiral that suppresses consumer demand? Nah....

• On the post: DailyDirt: Dealing With Zero (Or Negative) Population Growth

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2015 @ 09:11am

  Re: What’s Our Most Valuable Resource?

  How many is too many, exactly?

• On the post: MPAA Whacs A Few More Moles, Declares Premature Victory While Making Movie Fans Worse Off

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2015 @ 09:05am

  Winning is possible!

  I really don't understand all this negativity.
  
  I'm sure that if the MPAA tries hard enough, they can make it so difficult to watch new movies that no one does it.
  
  That could count as a win, right?

• On the post: Time To Say Goodbye To All Pre-1972 Music?

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2015 @ 09:54am

  The stronger your grip...

  Bye-bye pre-1970's music. I'll miss you, but not nearly as much as the recording industry.
  
  Hopefully they're so successful in locking up content that they go out of business.

• On the post: John Steele Plans To Appeal Judge Wright's Order; Says Judge Is 'No Fan Of IP Law'

  

  greatscott ( profile ), 07 May, 2013 @ 02:36pm

  Er, What?

  Not a lawyer, but isn't John talking to the press about a case where he's plead the fifth a bad idea?