[opendtv] Re: Cable in trouble??
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:24:06 -0500
At 5:17 PM -0500 2/4/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>The only way Craig's idea that eliminating
>must-carry would give umbillical distribution
>nets more power is *if*, in addition to
>eliminating must-carry, you simultaneously
>invent a new anti-open-market law to force
>separation of content and carriage.
Huh?
It is anti-open market to let a handful of companies control both the
content and the distribution pipes. The separation of content and
carriage IS pro market. You just admitted that the conglomerates have
so much power that they could now live without must carry. You
neglected to mention that it was Must Carry & Retransmission Consent
that gave them this power...
NOT the marketplace.
>Since OTA nets can and do coexist and compete,
>there's no call for creating such anti
>competitive laws, IMO. Better to have six
>conglomerates as opposed to one local
>monopolistic gatekeeper.
Yeah!
Let's stick with the existing anti-competitive laws until the whole
thing collapses!
I have heard similar arguments recently related to the Social
Security debate. The best way to be rid of this failed experiment in
socialism is to do nothing, just wait for it to collapse.
Regards
Craig
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