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Re: If you skip TV commercials, you're a THIEF
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
The argument goes something like this:
1. Network TV is supported by ads.
2. Companies pay for ad spots on the assumption that people will watch them.
3. If people don't watch the ads, they're effectively getting the programming without "supporting" the ads that make the programming possible.
4. Therefore people who don't watch the ads on network TV are THIEVES.
When Jamie Kellner was chairman of TBS in 2002, he gave an argument to this effect:
http://www.2600.com/news/050102-files/jamie-kellner.txt |
Oh man your gonna get RJT and PKC's panties in a wad yet again. This is Piracy! You should be ashamed of yourself and watch those commercials! Support big business and get brainwashed to buy shit u don't need for Fuks sake!
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