Contract? <digs around in mess of papers> Nope, not here. I didn't
sign any contract.
Perhaps Turner Network missed me when they were handing out these
'contracts'.
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:13:21AM -0400, J.D. Abolins babbled thus:
> Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 09:13:21 -0400
> From: "J.D. Abolins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Politcs & Law: Skipping TV ads is Theft According to Turner
> Broadcasting CEO
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0
>
> Another example of controversy regarding technology and publishing...
>
> --
> In response to a question on why personal video recorders (PVR's) were bad
> for the industry, Kellner [the Turner Netowrk CEO] responded: "Because of
> the ad skips.... It's theft. Your contract with the network when you get
> the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the
> show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the
> button you're actually stealing the programming."
> --
> The above snippet came from 2600 magazine Web site at
> http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=1113
> and the full text of the interview at
>
>http://www.inside.com/product/product.asp?entity=CableWorld&pf_ID=7A2ACA71-FAAD-41FC-A100-0B8A11C30373
>
> In the interview, Jamie Kellner the CEO, has this gem of a response to a
> person video recorder question about minor time shifting:
> --
> CW: What if you have to go to the bathroom or get up to get a Coke?
>
> JK: I guess there's a certain amount of tolerance for going to the
> bathroom. But if you formalize it and you create a device that skips
> certain second increments, you've got that only for one reason, unless you
> go to the bathroom for 30 seconds. They've done that just to make it easy
> for someone to skip a commercial.
> --
>
> Wow! I am glad that I am not going to be considered a "thief" for walking
> out of the room to use the loo when the commercials are on. (But the CEO
> might consider me a "thief" for muting the commercials and talking with my
> wife. <g> "That guy has to get priorities straight! Doesn't he know that
> ads are a part of homeland security. They help to support the consumer
> economy. If you skip ads, you are in league with Osama and his buddies.")
>
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Mike Edwards
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