[opendtv] Re: "Unfairness" Alert!
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:03:25 -0800
another thread where you refuse to understand the point of others.
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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