I know we would all like tv without them but we also know what pays the bills.
Yes if you have a DVR you can skip commercials, you as the enduser control the situation.
I do not believe that a third party, your tv distributor for example, has the legal right to do this for you.
A kinda of example- years ago, and I mean years, a magazine published basic programs you could type and save on your apple II, or you could purchase the program on disc. A service appeared that that would do the typing for you, cheaper than the discs from the magazine. The courts held that while you could type the programs for yourself a third party could not- that the enduser had to be the agent.
But if legal, if DISH can "cut" the commercials do we really think none premium channels can really convince advertisers to buy ads if they know a great percentage of viewers will never see them?
So, I don't think its legal, and if it is, I'm afraid of the results.
Yes if you have a DVR you can skip commercials, you as the enduser control the situation.
I do not believe that a third party, your tv distributor for example, has the legal right to do this for you.
A kinda of example- years ago, and I mean years, a magazine published basic programs you could type and save on your apple II, or you could purchase the program on disc. A service appeared that that would do the typing for you, cheaper than the discs from the magazine. The courts held that while you could type the programs for yourself a third party could not- that the enduser had to be the agent.
But if legal, if DISH can "cut" the commercials do we really think none premium channels can really convince advertisers to buy ads if they know a great percentage of viewers will never see them?
So, I don't think its legal, and if it is, I'm afraid of the results.