Craig Birkmaier wrote: > Now for the reasons it is a dying franchise. You keep getting lost in the words, Craig. If broadcasting is such a lucrative business as you claimed, so lucrative that you feel they are morally obligated to demand less from their customers than the customers are clearly willing to pay, then BY DEFINITION they are not dying. If they start to go moribund, that will immediately be reflected in loss of these supposed outrageous profits. Unlike the illegal drug trade, high prices are not a result of the product being illegal. And by the way, it is also available for "free." Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.