4 ms·
Cable monopolies are state sanctioned and state controlled, and thus fall under the Parker immunity doctrine[1]. Its the same doctrine that permits tight state
by vonmoltke 13y ago
Cable monopolies are state sanctioned and state controlled, and thus fall under the Parker immunity doctrine[1]. Its the same doctrine that permits tight state regulation of electric, gas, and other utilities.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_action_immunity_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_action_immunity_doctrine
- vonmoltke 13y agoI would like to correct myself. Cable franchises are state sanctioned and state controlled. Monopolies ("exclusive franchises") were also permitted under the Parker immunity doctrine, but as rayiner pointed out elsewhere in the discussion Congress explicitly prohibited them with various acts in the 90s.