On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:38 PM, "Dobbins, Roland" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Mark Andrews wrote: >> >>> I know and I would still argue that they are tantamount to extortion. >> >> There is no coercion involved, so, by definition, it can't be called >> 'extortion'. If you don't like the AUP, don't sign up for the service - >> simple as that. >> >> Hyperbole isn't generally helpful. >> > > In an oligopoly situation, that's hardly a valid set of choices and is > tantamount to extortion. >
Yeah, I thought so, too, but apparently the FCC and the SEC hasn't seen it that way for the past 20 years. Go figure. :-) - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
