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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
What it comes down to, though, is this: Program creators and their advertisers have absolutely no legal right to dictate exactly how you watch their shows in your own home. They can't stop you from fast-forwarding past the parts you're not interested in, re-watching the parts you really liked, or walking away during the commercials. The only thing they can do is try to give you a good reason to watch, and if they fail that... oh well.
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But what is being discussed is the possibility of changing the legal rights of program creators so that they can dictate exactly how you watch their shows.