• FiniteBanjo
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    9 months ago

    Good, let them use their money on litigation instead of lobbying.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Yup, I’m all for it. Put it in a ballot and we’ll vote to enshrine it into law.

      One of my general rules of thumb is: if cable companies are for it, it must suck.

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      9 months ago

      I mean maybe they decided it was going to be easier to buy a judge than another FCC chair?

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        9 months ago

        Are there any past examples of companies getting out of fines that way? Even Facebook had to pay 20Bn, you would think they could have gotten a judge for only 15 if it were so easy.

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          9 months ago

          There are plenty of examples of companies challenging the legality of regulations and winning, and other cases of apparent corruption among judges.

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            9 months ago

            Yes I was asking you to present one case in which an FCC ban or fine was avoided with the courts.