> I'd honestly be fine with it if it were things like major sports events Why? These are heavily subsidized by taxpayer money and the broadcasters are already

> I'd honestly be fine with it if it were things like major sports events Why? These are heavily subsidized by taxpayer money and the broadcasters are already making money off advertising on these events. > It should be illegal to encrypt OTA news and local interest programming. It was on hybrid cable systems, (analog and digital channels). Since they went all-digital they lobbied and got the FCC to make it legal to encrypt broadcast stations: https://www.fcc.gov/document/commission-relaxes-cable-encryption-prohibition https://www.fcc.gov/document/commission-relaxes-cable-encryp...