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Re: Should be $20,000 per customer per day! said by b10010011:That would get them off their a$$ and get things working properly. $20,000 dollar fine? That is ridicules! I'm sure this tactic made them a lot more money than that, so I'm sure they still came out far ahead of the fine. Easier to just do it and pay the piddly ass fine afterwords, and pocket the $$$$. Sheez.............. | |
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| said by DustySilicon:said by b10010011:That would get them off their a$$ and get things working properly. $20,000 dollar fine? That is ridicules! I'm sure this tactic made them a lot more money than that, so I'm sure they still came out far ahead of the fine. Easier to just do it and pay the piddly ass fine afterwords, and pocket the $$$$. Sheez.............. They also have to provide refunds to CC users whose fees increased because they took the company's box, those who kept the CC and lost channels, and ongoing service discounts for the missing channels.
I think a more punitive fine would have been appropriate, too, since they just unilaterally decided to ignore both the laws they operate under and FCC regulations, making it that much harder for competitive hardware to be sold. SDV has certainly had an impact on TiVo's sales.
If they really wanted to do SDV, they could have asked for a waiver from the Commission. It probably would have been granted, given the impending availability of the tuning resolver.
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It's wierdo, not weirdo. Yes, I know that's not the 'proper' spelling of the similar english language word.  | |
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