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Re:Viacom pulls “The Daily Show” offline as a result of cont... by alanfang on Thursday July 12, 2012 @01:15AM (#4233137)
The same could be said for the internet. You pay for the connection but websites still show you advertisements.
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Re:Viacom pulls “The Daily Show” offline as a result of cont... by abraham on Thursday July 12, 2012 @01:18AM (#4233150)
Your analogy would work if ISPs payed money to the websites but for the most part they don't.
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