Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!agate!dpassage From: dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Cable Censorship Message-ID: Date: 26 Jun 91 21:21:24 GMT Article-I.D.: soda.DPASSAGE.91Jun26132124 References: <2153@tamsun.TAMU.EDU> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: UC Berkeley's Open Computing Facility Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: dmq6899@tamsun.TAMU.EDU's message of 26 Jun 91 18: 48:59 GMT In article <2153@tamsun.TAMU.EDU> dmq6899@tamsun.TAMU.EDU (Dave Querin) complains that his cable company is going to drop MTV because it doesn't like the programming. What I would do is call the cable company and tell them that you'd like to cancel your service because of their actions with respect to MTV. And get all your friends to do it, too. And then write letters to whatever government body in your area handed out the cable franchise (city, county, whatever), the FCC, and your congressperson, complaining about the lack of competition in the cable industry and the stupid definition of competition that the FCC uses when deciding whether or not to regulate a cable company. (They define competition as at least 5 broadcast stations in your area. That doesn't even compare with the dozens that you get on cable.) -- David G. Paschich Open Computing Facility UC Berkeley dpassage@ocf.berkeley.edu Go Colorado Rockies -- Opening Day, Mile High Stadium, April 1993