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Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone?


From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:41:12 -1000

Tim Durack wrote:
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Tim Durack <tdurack () gmail com> wrote:
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:

No business is entitled to protection of its business model.

Unless it has a market monopoly, deep pockets, and lobbyist friends.


http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/after-approving-comcastnbc-deal-fcc-commish-becomes-comcast-lobbyist.ars

I rest my case.

Check out the movie, 'Casino Jack', about Jack Abramoff.
My favorite line is when he's in the slammer and telling another inmate what he does for a living, the inmate says, "Lobbyist... is that illegal?".


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