[opendtv] Re: "Unfairness" Alert!
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:14:36 -0800
To you, perhaps. It's funny how much daylight there is between your
comments and others on this list, when one encounters them in the field.
I'm somewhat confident that my message got out, and that it will be quoted
back to me favorably by someone in the next year or so.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 6:41 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: "Unfairness" Alert!
> 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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