From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 08:33:19 +0800
To: frissell@panix.com
Subject: Re: Edupage, 20 Feb 1996
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From:	IN%"frissell@panix.com"  "Duncan Frissell" 22-FEB-1996 12:01:13.17

>Why, Oh why is there so so much talk about the V Chip.  This stupid device
>only covers over-the-air broadcast TV a dying part of the spectrum.  It does
>not cover cable-only programs (HBO, etc) and it does not cover net-based
>audio and (soon) video programming.  It is meaningless.

	If I recall correctly, Europe still has a lot of over-the-air
broadcast TV. Moreover, if the device works from signals cosent with the TV
broadcast, it could perfectly well work with cable. Indeed, I had thought it
did - the companies that mainly produce stuff for cable seemed to be protesting
it just as much as the broadcast networks.
	-Allen