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Major League Baseball's broadcast restrictions crimp the cord-cutters
- bradknowles 7y agoHow about everyone just stops watching baseball?
- Finnucane 7y agoThe only way that would change is a boycott. As long as the sports ball leagues know they’ll get your money no matter what they do, they’re going to try to extract as much as possible.
- howard941 7y agoWhereas we started with a sort of level playing field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_Inc._v._Aereo,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_In.... overturned the apple cart and gave the whole game away to broadcasters. An innovation-crimping, incorrect decision. It's akin to repealing the first sale doctrine and requiring a consumer bookseller to share her garage sale proceeds with the author. I have a wonderful slingbox (distinguish from sling tv the service, and talk about self inflicted damage, slingbox took home all the ribbons) that makes life on the road almost tolerable. It does what Aereo did but with a slightly larger footprint. A courageous Congress will reverse the decision and restore the status quo ante.