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

[Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>]

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:28:30PM -0400, Jim Bauer wrote:
> You know.  This reminds me of the mid 1980s short lived TV
> series Max Headroom.  I future where TVs don't have
> off switches -- at least not legally.  [He probably thinks
> hitting the mute, closing your eyes, or even turning off
> the TV is a capitol offense.
> 
> BTW, Max Headroom series will be on Tech TV starting this Friday.
> Base on what is happening now, it looks as if the creators of that
> show had some insite into the future.

he's not the only one. Big Brother (in 1984) is also a TV screen (plus
hidden camera), at least in the movie (it's been about 15 years since
I read the book, can't remember). I still remember one scene, where
the hero is interrogated, and the officer switches the screen off. and
the hero says "you can turn it off?".
those screens didn't have mute buttons, either. you could turn the
volume down, but never really off.


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