Comments on: Another Case of “Rights Inflation”: Sports on Cable TV http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 18:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eric http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-45849 eric Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:55:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/#comment-45849 <p>If the free market could supply what we want, there would be no need for laws. But I want a la carte, and the free market has not supplied it. Perhaps it will at some point, through internet distribution, but at the moment I would have to buy a package of 39 channels I don't want for one channel I do want. This is unacceptable, and the monopoly prevents the free market from supplying it.<br><br>This is not rocket science. When a government-created monopoly does not meet the needs of the consumer, the only option is legislation. Yes, it is our right. It is just as important as your right to smutty programs that in my opinion do not belong on cable or broadcast TV. What is wrong with a compromise where you buy a la carte the filth and garbage you want to see, and I can buy something more wholesome?<br><br>We pay taxes, and we elect representatives. They should represent us. I think a la carte IS technology liberation, and that's supposed to be what this blog is about.</p> If the free market could supply what we want, there would be no need for laws. But I want a la carte, and the free market has not supplied it. Perhaps it will at some point, through internet distribution, but at the moment I would have to buy a package of 39 channels I don’t want for one channel I do want. This is unacceptable, and the monopoly prevents the free market from supplying it.

This is not rocket science. When a government-created monopoly does not meet the needs of the consumer, the only option is legislation. Yes, it is our right. It is just as important as your right to smutty programs that in my opinion do not belong on cable or broadcast TV. What is wrong with a compromise where you buy a la carte the filth and garbage you want to see, and I can buy something more wholesome?

We pay taxes, and we elect representatives. They should represent us. I think a la carte IS technology liberation, and that’s supposed to be what this blog is about.

]]> By: eric http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-34421 eric Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:55:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/#comment-34421 <p>If the free market could supply what we want, there would be no need for laws. But I want a la carte, and the free market has not supplied it. Perhaps it will at some point, through internet distribution, but at the moment I would have to buy a package of 39 channels I don't want for one channel I do want. This is unacceptable, and the monopoly prevents the free market from supplying it.</p> <p>This is not rocket science. When a government-created monopoly does not meet the needs of the consumer, the only option is legislation. Yes, it is our right. It is just as important as your right to smutty programs that in my opinion do not belong on cable or broadcast TV. What is wrong with a compromise where you buy a la carte the filth and garbage you want to see, and I can buy something more wholesome?</p> <p>We pay taxes, and we elect representatives. They should represent us. I think a la carte IS technology liberation, and that's supposed to be what this blog is about.</p> If the free market could supply what we want, there would be no need for laws. But I want a la carte, and the free market has not supplied it. Perhaps it will at some point, through internet distribution, but at the moment I would have to buy a package of 39 channels I don’t want for one channel I do want. This is unacceptable, and the monopoly prevents the free market from supplying it.

This is not rocket science. When a government-created monopoly does not meet the needs of the consumer, the only option is legislation. Yes, it is our right. It is just as important as your right to smutty programs that in my opinion do not belong on cable or broadcast TV. What is wrong with a compromise where you buy a la carte the filth and garbage you want to see, and I can buy something more wholesome?

We pay taxes, and we elect representatives. They should represent us. I think a la carte IS technology liberation, and that’s supposed to be what this blog is about.

]]> By: Jon http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-45848 Jon Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:00:56 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/#comment-45848 <p>Adam - you are so right up and down the block. Especially when we have really important rights, like our privacy rights being knocked down and dragged out everyday.<br><br>The entire argument has shades of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" in it.... scary.</p> Adam – you are so right up and down the block. Especially when we have really important rights, like our privacy rights being knocked down and dragged out everyday.

The entire argument has shades of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” in it…. scary.

]]> By: Jon http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-34420 Jon Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:00:56 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/09/another-case-of-rights-inflation-sports-on-cable-tv/#comment-34420 <p>Adam - you are so right up and down the block. Especially when we have really important rights, like our privacy rights being knocked down and dragged out everyday.</p> <p>The entire argument has shades of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" in it.... scary.</p> Adam – you are so right up and down the block. Especially when we have really important rights, like our privacy rights being knocked down and dragged out everyday.

The entire argument has shades of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” in it…. scary.

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