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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by smacktoward on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:39PM (#19098184)
> Obviously Comcast could do this too but I don't think they'd be successful getting real people to lobby on their behalf.

You might be surprised; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing for the way it's usually done.

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by crdoconnor on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:22PM (#19100704)
I'm sure they'd try. Astroturfing is already illegal and not all that difficult to uncover though.
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