Re: [dvd-discuss] Skipping commercials is theft.

[microlenz(at)earthlink.net]

GROAN. (You couldn't have heard the one I did reading the winner)

On 2 May 2002 at 19:38, James S. Tyre wrote:

Date sent:      	Thu, 02 May 2002 19:38:28 -0700
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From:           	"James S. Tyre" <jstyre@jstyre.com>
Subject:        	Re: [dvd-discuss] Skipping commercials is theft.
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> At 07:22 PM 5/2/2002 -0700, microlenz@earthlink.net wrote:
> >Actually, MAYBE we've misjudged JK.....surely he watched the "Outer Limits"
> >when he was younger....maybe he never realized that they COULDN"T do those
> >things and all that was just the intro to the show..."we are about to take
> >control of your television set...."
> 
> Yeah, right.  ;-)
> 
> BTW, I have declared a winner in my contest.
> 
> "Contract of ADhesion", by Seth Finkelstein.  (He used to subscribe here, 
> dunno if he still does.  "Blinkwrap contract" was my own entry, but I 
> didn't give myself honorable mention.)
> 
> 
> >On 1 May 2002 at 18:19, James S. Tyre wrote:
> >
> >Date sent:              Wed, 01 May 2002 18:19:32 -0700
> >To:                     <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
> >From:                   "James S. Tyre" <jstyre@jstyre.com>
> >Subject:                Re: [dvd-discuss] Skipping commercials is theft.
> >Send reply to:          dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> >
> > > At 08:12 PM 5/1/2002 -0400, Scott A Crosby wrote:
> > > >Interesting interview with the head of Turner Broadcasting System
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >http://www.inside.com/product/product.asp?entity=CableWorld&pf_ID=7A2AC 
> > A71-FAAD
> > > >-41FC-A100-0B8A11C30373
> > > >
> > > >Choice quotes, but I *really* don't get how on earth one justifies that
> > > >first sentence.
> > > >
> > > >Scott
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >                  JK: Because of the ad skips.... It's theft. Your
> > > >                  contract with the network when you get the
> > > >                  show is you're going to watch the spots.
> > >
> > >
> > > On some other lists, I've been running a "Name That Contract" contest of
> > > skill and pith.
> > >
> > > Some of the better entries, I have about 50 so far (I won't say which are
> > > mine):
> > >
> > > Blinkwrap contract
> > > Fee for Pee
> > > StareMaster Agreement
> > > Habeas Corneas
> > >
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