[opendtv] Re: "Unfairness" Alert!
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:41:34 -0500
At 8:03 AM -0800 3/7/05, John Willkie wrote:
>another thread where you refuse to understand the point of others.
What point?
Your argument makes no sense.
Regards
Craig
>
>John Willkie
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:50 AM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: "Unfairness" Alert!
>
>
>> At 12:18 PM -0800 3/6/05, John Willkie wrote:
>> >Come to think of it, the San Diego Reader, the Chicago Reader, the
>> >LA Weekly, New Times (phoenix, et al) all have this similar
>> >disctibution pattern: free in their home markets, yet they charge
>> >money to mail the copies to out-of-towners who don't want to visit
>> >the home market(s) of the publications every week to get a fresh
>> >edition.
>> >
>> >Oh, the unfairness of it all! Here's another windmill that just is
>> >asking for tilting!
>> >
>> >John (trying to recover from the cold temperatures) Willkie
>> >
>>
>> One MAJOR difference John. Broadcasters give their product away in a
>> market via the OTA signal, but they typically charge the "other" 85%
>> of the people in that market for that same product, when the viewer
>> decides to pay for a multi-channel TV service.
>>
>> Think of it as being able to grab a copy of the VV for free on one
>> corner, but you have to pay for it at the news stand on the opposite
>> corner that offers hundreds of magazines and newspapers.
>>
>> Regards
>> Craig
>>
>>
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