Tag Archives: profits

Exclusionary and Discriminatory Tactics of the Cox Cable Company

2008.01.09 – 1:47 pm PST

I spent another 1.5 hours this morning on the phone with Cox after the guy who came to “fix” my cable card left. After the first time I got off the phone today I really wish I had the ability to record the conversation.
When I ordered services had they specifically told me [...]

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Using Broadband? Your getting Raped.

2005.08.19 – 5:58 am PDT

from muniwireless.
Andrew Rasiej who is running for Public Advocate in New York City says that residents can save $480 per year and get faster, better Internet access. Rasiej has issued a report called “Can You Gouge Me Now?” (PDF format) that details NYC’s telco-cableco debacle. He claims that every consumer pays a hidden tax to [...]

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from EFF: Enough Already with the Crocodile Tears

2005.01.31 – 6:06 pm PST

Enough Already with the Crocodile Tears
In File sharing
Ed Felten today asks Hollywood to quit shedding crocodile tears over profits “lost” to Internet-enabled piracy — at least while it continues to make more money than ever, while denying movie stars (the “artist”) a more sizable cut:
[Surging profits] undercut the industry’s rent-seeking in Washington, which relies [...]

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