I read this today at The Internet Movie Database. They were talking about devices that will tape a TV show but edit out the commercials for you.
I don't recall signing a contract. When I watch a show broadcast to my television, I don't agree to crap. In my case I pay for the delivery system (cable). So long as I don't try to profit off that system what I do with it is my business. By his logic when I flip the channel I'm stealing from his network.
Maybe I'm stealing from him right now since I'm ignoring his broadcasts entirely as I sit at the computer… :bugeye:
Peace.
What a knob.Mr. Kellner, CEO of Turner Broadcasting
"It's theft," said Kellner. "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 ... you're actually stealing the programming." Asked about viewers who go to the bathroom during commercial breaks, Kellner responded, "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... to make it easy for someone to skip a commercial."
I don't recall signing a contract. When I watch a show broadcast to my television, I don't agree to crap. In my case I pay for the delivery system (cable). So long as I don't try to profit off that system what I do with it is my business. By his logic when I flip the channel I'm stealing from his network.
Maybe I'm stealing from him right now since I'm ignoring his broadcasts entirely as I sit at the computer… :bugeye:
Peace.