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As technology offers more ways for people to elect to avoid commercials in the 'free' programming of television and radio, a number of influential broadcasters are lobbying for criminalization of advertisement evasion, as it violates the implied conditions of getting the programming for no paid cost.
A number of links and information about these developments can be found here on Yale's LawMeme site along with message board posts about the topic.
All of the ideas proposed by these broadcasters are horrible, invasive, and fascist in nature. Still, looking at it from their point of view, they are terrified of having their businesses fall apart if advertisement evasion continues. Are there any more reasonable ways for broadcasters to allow advertisements in their programming without resorting to drastic measures of controlling their audiences?
Also, how much of what is suggested on the linked website do you think could actually come to pass without audiences electing to bypass the free programming entirely? |
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