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ferguson@bgsu.edu (Douglas Ferguson) writes:

>Boy, talk about misplaced anger.  TV Guide doesn't make money from the codes.
>VCR+ makes the money by selling the devices!  VCR+ is therefore protective
>of the algorithm.
>
>TV Guide (and all the newspapers who carry the codes) actually PAY FOR
>THE PRIVILEGE.  And VCR+ gets the money.  

They would not do this unless it was to their financial advantage.


>So why do the listing services pony up big bucks for the codes?  Because
>VCR+ has them convinced that if they don't, their competitors will.
>And as long as any one listing service does use the codes, the rest are 
>forced to fork over money for the codes.
>
>What a racket.

True.

Maybe I should go with my own code anyway.
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