We are all thieves, and we are going to suffer for it.

How is it that we are all thieves??? And who is the one that will punish us all??? well, he is one Jamie Kellner, once the BMMFIC (and general honcho) of all of the Turner TV empire...(which is huge and goes way beyond what most people are aware of it being).
Anyway, just what has Kellner so pissed off??? SKIPPING COMMERCIALS!
Yes. That is correct...if you have a TiVo or any similar contraption on which you record your favorite TV programs, and you skip the commercials, you are STEALING the content according to this arrogant little pile of shit. (who, BTW, is no longer with Turner). His point is that the commercials pay for the content, and if you don't watch the commercials, all of them, in toto, you are a thief.
Why do I bring this up??? Because TV makers are moving towards creating remote controls that will NOT WORK when you try to channel surf during commercials, or skip them altogether. Royal Phillips Electronics has applied for a patent on one such diabolical rig. The only way around it is to pay a fee to skip the commercials...keep in mind that a one hour program has 41 minutes of non-commercial run time. This excludes TNT and other channels that show, for instance, Law & Order re-runs...they take out even more of those original 41 minutes and add more commercial time. Same with the movies they run...thus, a James Bond 007 film festival or marathon on TNT will have each 120 minute (or so) movie run for nearly four hours! During those commercial breaks you can go to the john, make a sandwich, eat the sandwich, walk the dog, and read at least one or two sections of a major metropolitan newspaper...all before 007 is back on your screen... So there will be a lot of fee paying there...
Paying a fee to not watch the commercials is the absolute epitome of the media attempts to control every thing like it was still 1958. It also is so far off the chart as regards arrogance and dick-headed-ness that it is hard to take seriously. But DO take it seriously, because Phillips would not be planning for that remote if they didn't think it would be necessary at some point down the line. And don't forget that congress will play a role in this...and that role is not one that will benefit the people, so keep an eye on those damned fools too.
Personally, I enjoy the thought of many, many of those little pricks in the TV world being un-employed and being unable to pay their coke dealers and getting their legs broken as a warning. (hmm! sounds like a TV movie to me...)