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It will certainly decline for me
"If the flag will not allow people to time-shift programs that they cannot otherwise watch, advertisement visibility will decline.

I won't pay to timeshift. I will certainly stop watching that program altogether, and there will be others like me. You come to a point when you can't be pushed any further.
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Surprise  Tim Patterson | 06/28/06
They did manage to keep the Broadcast Flag Amenedment  alricsca | 06/28/06
Thank goodness they did!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/06
What crap  rhavyn | 06/28/06
YOu don't understand the term "social contract"...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/06
And you don't understand "ownership"  tic swayback | 06/29/06
You own nothing but EMPTY air waves.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Extremely valuable empty airwaves  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Yes, valuable to advertizers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Advertisers don't buy spectrum  tic swayback | 06/29/06
No thanks, I LIKE free content. No one will agree  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Watch and see  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Indeed, wait and see... And if it fails...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
The more your restrict it...  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Most of the people never record anything.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Nice post, Axey!  Hugh Jass | 06/28/06
Advertisement visibility will decline.  HypnoToad | 06/28/06
See my reply below: (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/06
Thanks, Let explain the flag if I may.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/06
Falg = More social contract laws to support Corp. Greed  raycote | 06/28/06
When was the last time you paid for Broadcast?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
What about the 90-minute  ebrke | 06/29/06
Once more, that is not the flag.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
As I understand it, the flag carries  ebrke | 06/29/06
Flag is two bits  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Wow, talk about naive  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Your exapmles have NOTHING to do with BROADCAST.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
So it won't be used for anything at all?  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Of course they will place limitations on THIER content.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
More punishing the victim  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Victim? How much money have you spent on open air?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
VIctim  tic swayback | 06/29/06
See you are catching on...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Gouged???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Gouged  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Finally we agree. The people paying for content  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
More misguided blaming the victim  tic swayback | 06/29/06
What part of YES I AGREE escapes you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
And yet...  tic swayback | 06/29/06
What you can't record, you can't pirate.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
It will certainly decline for me  ebrke | 06/29/06
And you are .00000001% of the public.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Well, then they may as well kick out the sponsors.  HypnoToad | 06/28/06
Lots have tried, all have failed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/06
WOW, DID YOU EVER MISS IT!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/06
Not this nonsense again  tic swayback | 06/29/06
You never shot anything but your mouth tic.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Funny how you have no answers to my arguments  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Becaue you haven't made a valid argument.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Still no answers, big surprise  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Your only point is "I want my rights"  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
because the "media" is a powerful tool  ghekko | 06/28/06
rejected strict Net neutrality rules  not of this world | 06/28/06
Mr. Stevens is like Alaska... disconnected from the rest of US.  Mr. Roboto | 06/28/06
Cox didn't blacklist Craig's List  richardbennett | 06/28/06
Small mind meets small mind  rjlaws@... | 06/28/06
Well, when this - like many things the Repubs say will help, does a 180 and  HypnoToad | 06/28/06
another pay raise?  uk_forum@... | 05/29/07
AT&T and Verizon just have better lobbyists with more money...  BitTwiddler | 06/29/06
I don't understand  rapson | 06/29/06
New paradigm  tic swayback | 06/29/06
Change: Bigger Pipes.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/29/06
Net neutrality  jrnoles | 06/29/06
Net Neutrality  jack@... | 06/30/06
Senate blows anything.... for a price?.  robertk2 | 07/01/06

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