On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > IMHO: if it's being broadcast, from an antenna or satellite or anything, I > think I should be able to use it free of charge. Satellite TV... FREE! > Satellite radio... FREE! If it goes through the air and lands on my house, > how can I be charged for it? I'm just waiting for one of the satellite radio companies to go out of business, and leave all their subscribers stuck with $300 doorstops. I'm not keen on proprietary, non-standard broadcast formats.
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