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