[opendtv] Re: News: Not So Fast: Programmers Question TW's IPTV Trial

if it's just a small difference in the way that bits are delivered, then it
will be no problem to get people in Russia to watch content the way you want
them to.  Or, maybe I need to say North Korea?

John Willkie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:30 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: Not So Fast: Programmers Question TW's IPTV
Trial


> At 6:54 PM -0700 7/23/05, John Willkie wrote:
> >funny that you don't whine about people having to pay to watch a movie
once
> >in a theater, and again in DVD form, then yet again in their cable fees.
> >Funny that you only whine about the "cost" of broadcasting, when that's
> >free, yet you don't whine about cable -- the parasite on the backs of the
> >people -- charging for mere distribution.
>
> Funny, but there is nothing about this situation that compares with
> your examples. Just a small difference in the way the SAME bits are
> delivered.
>
> If I go to the theater I get a big screen experience and access to
> the content when it is released.
>
> If I buy a DVD I get to keep it.
>
> And Broadcasting if far from free.
>
> And I do whine about paying for cable and still having to watch the ads.
>
> Your not funny, or even close to being accurate.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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