Fox Cancels The Future Of All Civilization

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Fox Cancels The Future Of All Civilization
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Posted by: Mark @ 10:41 am

In a demonstration of precisely why giant media conglomerates must be regulated and broken up, Fox has escalated a contract dispute into an obscene abuse of power. Their action stems from faltering negotiations over fees paid to Fox by Cablevision, a New York area provider of cable TV service.
http://www.freepress.net/press-release/2010/10/16/free-press-blasts-fox-blocking-online-content-cablevision-dispute

“Reports indicate that Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of News Corporation, is blocking Cablevision high-speed Internet customers from accessing Fox.com and Hulu content. Fox’s actions raise important questions about the future of the online video market and the public interest obligations of broadcasters.”

Indeed, it is questionable that Fox would seek to punish Internet users in an attempt to coerce a cable TV operator into forking over twice as much in fees as they presently pay. The Internet users are not a part of this dispute, but because Fox has corporate tentacles that reach around numerous media platforms, they feel empowered to abuse their position. So what’s next?

* Fox Stops Broadcasting to Hotels And Bars To Keep Viewers From Watching Disputed Programming.
* Fox Forbids Customers To Visit The Homes Of Friends And Watch Their Dish Network.
* Fox Blocks Access To Yankee Stadium By Cable Subscribers.
* Fox Erects Tower To interfere With Radio Broadcasting.
* Fox Disables Dialysis Machine Of Cable Customer Watching Glee In Hospital Room.
* Fox Releases Internet Virus To Attack Cable Viewers Of Fox Programs.
* Fox Hires Al Qaeda To Fly Planes Into Cablevision Headquarters.

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/

[RKP5637]

1. Fox announces they just won the USA as highest bidder in an eBay auction. n/t

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. CAN RUPERT BE DEPORTED

[RKP5637]

3. As a threat to national security, one would think.

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

:thumbsup:

[deaniac21]

5. Wake me when it's over.

[csziggy]

6. Maybe this will be a good lesson in why net neutrality is a good thing!

If enough people are pissed off about Fox controlling what they can get over the internet, they might start thinking about why any company should be able to control what we can get.

[upi402]

7. Fox bans employees from wearing Halloween masks

depicting Rupert Murdokken. Yes it's prime to break the media grip, but it will not even be uttered for a couple years.

[Touchdown]

8. Oh' what will I do without COPS?

:eyes:

[w4rma]

9. This is why we need net neutrality. (nt)