I think it is time to charge the broadcasters for the FREE over-the-air broadband they have!

THAT should make them STFU…

I’m becoming very, very tired of all the relentless, “oh no, we’re not making as much money as we want to / feel we should! legislate! ban! sue!” stuff that the recording/movie/broadcast media industry seems to be pulling out.

If a legitimate business model provides something to users that doesn’t violate an existing legal agreement – I have a feeling Microsoft will somehow pay the broadcasters for their content, but not charge users directly for it, and I don’t see how that violates anything but IANAL – but the new business model does possibly put a damper on your own profit because you didn’t think of it first, that’s called Tough Cookies in my world.