[ale] OT: The Amazing WEB

[Russell Hogg]

GM owns Hughes electronics, who owns DirecTV.

Russ


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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Krumwiede [mailto:krum at smyrnacable.net] 
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 12:32 PM
To: Greg; Jim Philips; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: RE: [ale] OT: The Amazing WEB

Exactly the kind of thing I'm railing about.  GM owns DirecTV?  What a
ridiculous combination.

Krum


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg [mailto:runman at telocity.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 12:19 PM
> To: Jim Philips; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: [ale] OT: The Amazing WEB
>
>
> 	I saw it also last night. Also mentioned was a merge with
> Comcast (or has
> it already happened ?) that would only consolidate, enlarge, and help
> legitimize the porn industry.  Larger than the motel distribution is the
> home cable market.
>
> 	<<sigh of disgust>> All of those who have Telocity DSL
> service should
> remember that they are now DirectTV DSL who is owned by Direct TV
> and Direct
> TV is also a major porn distributor (DirectTV is owned by GM).
> Considering
> that DirectTV DSL is my ISP and I just went out and bought a used
> GMC I feel
> like retching.  Of course also mentioned was the fact that the Clinton
> Administration disassembled all DOJ efforts (which were major
> under Reagan)
> to shut down the porn industry.  And that was straight from the Janet Reno
> interview.  Ms. Reno also included I guess those who put out child porn as
> those she chose to ignore in favor of pursuing criminals she deemed "other
> elements with greater priority".  What a wonderful government we
> have, huh ?
>
> 	Greg
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Philips [mailto:jcphil at mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:52 AM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: RE: [ale] OT: The Amazing WEB
> >
> >
> > I saw the same special. Both AT&T and GM provide cable services to
> > hotels around the country who offer pay-per-view porn as an option in
> > the room.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 11:38, ChrisColeman at mail.clayton.edu wrote:
> > >
> > > FrontLine on PBS ran a special last night on American Porn.
> > AT&T is listed
> > > as one of the
> > > players in this market.
> > >
> > > Check out:
> > >
> > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/business/mainst
> ream.html
> >
> > for more information.
> >
> > Chris Coleman
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Popovitch
> > To: Kevin Krumwiede; dhurst at kennesaw.edu; ALE List
> > Sent: 2/19/02 11:26 AM
> > Subject: RE: [ale] OT: The Amazing WEB
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Krumwiede [mailto:krum at smyrnacable.net]
> > >
> > > I just learned yesterday that AT&T owns some of the largest
> > > purveyors of hard-core pornography.
> >
> > Maybe the subject of this thread should be "Amazing things seen in
> > email".
> > I seriously doubt that AT&T owns PoHCP.  Can you provide some details?
> >
> > -Jim P.
> >
> >
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