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To: Climber who wrote (1451)1/11/2000 2:55:00 PM
From: NY Stew  Read Replies (1) of 6516
 
Climber,

I'm not sure if this is the same issue you're talking about, but the report makes no reference that I can see to the practice being illegal.

My post was half jest in reference to the Forbes Patent Terrorist article. Henry did call this practice, or threat thereof, terrorism in a conference call.

It is not inexpensive for cable companies to continuously strip the VBI prior to rebroadcast and it can be circumvented by picking up the signals directly via rabbit ears. The proprietary wireless system that covers over 98% of the continental US will resolve this annoyance fairly soon. The threats are few and I have only heard of a few instances when a cable company has actually employed this tactic.

Regards
Stew

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