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AldoLeopold

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29. Not on a social networking site

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:22 PM

Dec 2012

and now I'm not going to use Netflix anymore.

The internet can keep up this information sharing crap, and I can just buy books for my entertainment. Oh well, I loved you interwebz, but we gotta break up now. Its just not working out. It's me, not you. We've both changed. Our sex life is terrible. You're having an affair with the Republicans. We argue all the time.

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Netflix Blacks Out the Revolution [View all] aggiesal Dec 2012 OP

I'm not sure this is bad thesquanderer Dec 2012 #1

HOWEVER, every single service I've ever seen makes you opt-out groundloop Dec 2012 #2

That was in the 1988 law aggiesal Dec 2012 #3

Please READ. It says right in the quotes in red that the amendment FORBIDS companies from kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #7

Again the 1988 law "FORBIDS ..." aggiesal Dec 2012 #8

You have misread it thesquanderer Dec 2012 #11

As stated above, giving consent is a tricky one. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #17

I agree, Opt-Out should be the default... for pretty much everything! (nt) thesquanderer Dec 2012 #18

So long Netflix. It's been good to know ya. Speck Tater Dec 2012 #4

f*** Skittles Dec 2012 #5

Good god - we WANT the amendment passed. It FORBIDS movie rental companies from doing this. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #6

The 1988 law "... FORBIDS ..." aggiesal Dec 2012 #9

It's a crappily phrased article. Tab Dec 2012 #13

Not sure you are reading it right either kracer20 Dec 2012 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author thesquanderer Dec 2012 #12

It's a dangling clause. caseymoz Dec 2012 #14

Yes, the sentence is ambiguous as you describe, thesquanderer Dec 2012 #15

The 1988 law is what forbids disclosure. blackspade Dec 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author KoKo Dec 2012 #19

To people having problems with the way this article is written, Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #20

You want to stop things like this? Flatpicker Dec 2012 #21

Doesn't anyone goes to CONGRESS to see what is being passed? happyslug Dec 2012 #22

Crap!! im1013 Dec 2012 #23

Books are better anyway. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #24

It would be a good thing Rain Mcloud Dec 2012 #25

Oh no, everybody will know I have a secret affinity for French romantic comedies high density Dec 2012 #26

While I'm in no way ashamed of the things I've watched Fearless Dec 2012 #27

The Republicans passed this in the house... why do people think this is such a good thing? Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Dec 2012 #28

Not on a social networking site AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #29

More GOP Hypocricy Octafish Dec 2012 #30

I'm so glad... skypilot Dec 2012 #31