> I can't help but think that if we didn't already have a tradition of mute buttons, modern media systems wouldn't have them. "You can't choose not to listen t

> I can't help but think that if we didn't already have a tradition of mute buttons, modern media systems wouldn't have them. "You can't choose not to listen to these obnoxious ads, that's like stealing!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Kellner#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Kellner#Criticism Jamie Kellner, former chairman and chief executive officer of Turner Broadcasting System, said: "Because of the ad skips.... It's theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing the programming." And there was a lawsuit over at least one PVR's commercial skipping feature: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020509_sprigman.html http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020509_sprigman.ht...