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From: stokes@cs.utexas.edu (Perry Stokes)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Cable Censorship
Summary: It may not be as bad as you think
Keywords: MTV GONE!
Message-ID: <20877@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 11:25:13 GMT
References: <2153@tamsun.TAMU.EDU> <1991Jun26.235525.2474@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
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In article <1991Jun26.235525.2474@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>So why is any cable company morally obligated to carry any programming 
>at all?

I saw something regarding this on the news last night.

They said that the cable company is turning off MTV in ALL the homes, and will
turn it back on if the customer requests they do.

Can anyone here confirm this?


Perry

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