roundtable: Re: Entertaining Video on Telecomm Policy from TPR-NE

roundtable: Re: Entertaining Video on Telecomm Policy from TPR-NE

Re: Entertaining Video on Telecomm Policy from TPR-NE

Matt York (myork@videomaker.com)
Wed, 22 Mar 1995 12:52:55 -0800 

Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 12:52:55 -0800
Message-Id: <199503222052.MAA12686@video.hidden.videomaker.com>
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: myork@videomaker.com (Matt York)
Subject: Re: Entertaining Video on Telecomm Policy from TPR-NE


On Tuesday hkklein@MIT.EDU wrote:
> 
>The tape is titled "National Telecommunications Legislation:
>Local issues and the Public Interest" and costs $27.  Special
>prices may be available to access TV stations.  A description of
>this tape and others, together with some ordering information,
>can be found below.


It is wonderful that the contents of this tape is in distribution and 
that hkklein is "selling" it and perhaps making a profit!

It is unfortunate that he is forced to send a large plastic cassette 
through the Post Office as his potential customer base (members of this 
list) debate and contemplate telecommunications policy. We ponder how 
a system should be built to allow the hkkleins of the world to "ship" 
their -rather large files- (video programs) to customers over some 
copper wires that can reach each one of us instantly (and for far less 
the cost of duplicating cassettes and hiring people to hand deliver it).

This is really important content, yet only a few people will shell out 
the $27 to see something that happened a long time ago, yet they can 
read his "announcement that they are available" merely seconds after it 
leaves his finger tips.

While all this is happening, each night dozens of infomercials stream 
through the coaxial wires (cable TV) into most of our homes. These 
infomercials earn huge profits for the powers that be (cable networks 
and cable operators) by hawking slicers & dicers, exercise machines and 
physic advice. All of these informercails are aired hundreds of times 
per year.

Why can't policy be developed that would allow hkklein to deliver his
content to us via cable TV (while we sleep) and let our VCR "catch the 
content"?

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