I disagree. The broadcasters lease spectrum from the FCC and, in exchange, they are required to provide service to their local markets while complying with decency and a thousands and one regulatory requirements. If a PAY TV services wish to make a broadcaster's licensed programming available to paying customers within their DMA...well, they will have to pay for these services. Personally, I would like to see any ad sponsored (commercials) programming, be it from the broadcasters of cable favorites (to include ESPN, USA, TNT, etc.), required to provide their signals free-of-charge to all licensed MVPDs. Only commercial-free programmers should be able to charge subscription fees. Until then, I have no problem with ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC charging customers $5 or $10 per month to view the most popular programming through a subscription pay TV service. If customers don't like it, the vast majority can erect an antenna and elect not to pay for these free over-the-air channels.