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Yossarian shot up in bed; "I see everything twice!" he cried. The TV licensing auditors hurried into the room. "How many TV shows are playing?" one asked, holdi
by jodrellblank 5y ago
Yossarian shot up in bed; "I see everything twice!" he cried. The TV licensing auditors hurried into the room. "How many TV shows are playing?" one asked, holding up one screen. "Two" said Yossarian. "Now how many?", pointing at two mirrored screens with a delay between them. "Two" said Yossarian. "And now?" switching both screens off. "Two" said Yossarian.
The TV licensing auditors conferred amongst themselves. "If he sees everything twice, he needs two licenses" one argued. "Hold on" said another, "he reported seeing six shows, he needs six licenses". "We showed him three, he saw six, he needs nine licenses" said another. The second one's eyes narrowed. "The law doesn't allow him to see more than one, he needs a fine". "If he's creating new feeds without permissions, that's distribution and copyright infringement, he could be facing a custodial sentence for this". They turned to Yossarian who decided it had gone far enough. "I see everything once!" he cried. "Destruction of evidence now, is it?".
It's Content-22: if you don't want to watch it, there's no money to be made from you so you can - better that you watch and talk about it than not. But if you do want to watch it, then you can't, not without paying. The content is made for people who want it, but those are the very people who have to be kept from it. The people who want to come in, can't, and the people who want to share it, mustn't.
Yossarian thought about Content-22. He picked up a book. "Put me through to cancellations, I have been meaning to do more reading lately". The TV licensing auditors hesitated and glanced at each other. "One license per person, covers all screens, after all you can only watch one at a time" said one. "We can give you a discount if you extend your license for another year?" said another. "And send you an upgraded set-top box for being a loyal customer".
- helloworld11 5y agoLoved this.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoBrilliant, great username too.