KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Cartel
Re: AT&T block ur YouTube + Facebook the ISPs are playing Piracy Police not just because they have become or already where cable companies but also because they know if they did not agree to six strikes that the MAFIAA would lobby something far more costly for them to setup into law.
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Zoder
join:2002-04-16
Miami, FL | Right now they have the safe harbor protections under the DMCA. Who has the stronger lobby on Capitol Hill? Telecom or MPAA/RIAA? |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9 | said by Zoder:Right now they have the safe harbor protections under the DMCA. Who has the stronger lobby on Capitol Hill? Telecom or MPAA/RIAA?
Doesn't matter. MPAA/RIAA calls the shots if "Telecom" wants to carry TV.
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Norman
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Zoder
join:2002-04-16
Miami, FL | and if all the major ISPs stood together and said no? You think they would pull their content from every major wireline provider? They'd have no ad revenue and it would be a disaster for them. |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9 | said by Zoder:and if all the major ISPs ...
That is the problem, though; all the "major ISPs" aren't in the ISP business, they are in the entertainment business. There is nothing like a 30% profit margin in wireline communications. You want the big profit margin? Forget farming, retail, and wireline communications. The big money is in law, medicine, and entertainment (including sports).
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Norman
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