Posted on 08/23/2010 2:08:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
If they can demand “mandatory radio” then it is not a stretch in our multimedia world to also require mandatory television.
The radio is being forced to compete with Pandora (Big Media is losing grip on the listening public) and so tv should be forced to compete with youtube.
The RIAA and MPAA are sometimes referred to as the MAFIAA — but that’s unfair to certain Sicilian gentlemen.
There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the idea that just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with guaranteeing such a profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is supported by neither statute or common law. Neither corporations or individuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back. --Robert A. Heinlein, "Life-Line"
Can they use the same technology to create a TV remote that would let me zap the person on the screen if he starts spewing BS?
The government forces a manufacture to make a product. Yes sir! The Constitution is in shreds.
Rush is on FM in some places as well. Talk radio uses AM more because AM signals travel farther.
AM was considered “dead” and that is why talk radio thrived there, music largely went to FM (at least modern rock/county/pop did)
I’m sorry. You’ve reached a number that is disconnected or no longer in service. If you would like to listen to some soothing FM music while you ponder your next move, please press 1.LOL!
Directive 10-289? And every radio will require a GM car.
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