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Re:Launch HN: Taiv (YC W20) – Replace TV commercials with co... by quickthrower2 on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:44PM (#22667942)
Thats a loophole. I’ll bet that’ll get closed if this is successful. I think you’d need to work with tv providers not against them.
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Re:Launch HN: Taiv (YC W20) – Replace TV commercials with co... by babypuncher on Monday March 23, 2020 @04:11PM (#22668218)
It may be a loophole, but I have a hard time seeing how it could be closed. Telling users they can't change the channel or turn off their TV when an ad is playing will never fly.
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Re:Launch HN: Taiv (YC W20) – Replace TV commercials with co... by wrkronmiller on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:01PM (#22670302)
IANAL but I imagine they could throw in words like “automated” to work around that, assuming anyone reads the TOS and cares to begin with
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Re:Launch HN: Taiv (YC W20) – Replace TV commercials with co... by quickthrower2 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:35AM (#22672268)
It depends who has the most power and BATNA. The sports network or the bar owner?

Home viewers are a different thing.

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