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Friday, October 22, 2010

TV shows on Google blocked by networks

The "open internet" principle is again being challenged, this time by the TV networks.  Click on this link to read a Washington Post article about how the networks are blocking users from watching TV shows on Google TV.  The article also describes how Fox is blocking Cablevision internet subscribers from accessing its TV shows due to a dispute between Fox and Cablevision.  Hulu is also considering going to a subscription basis that would limit internet users' access to its shows.  Do you believe that the "open internet" principle should apply here?  Should the FCC step in (as they are threatening too, since Congress refuses to act)?  Or do the networks have a perfect right to restrict access to their shows via any medium?

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