There are plenty of people now who think the cable companies are nothing but a cabal of greedy assholes. But you know who hated the cable companies more? Movie theaters and broadcast networks in the 1970s.
https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-best-time-warner-cable-takedown-yet-5806001
Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza writes that the Film and TV power players were paranoid about cable eating away at their profits, so they ran a campaign in movie theaters suggesting that “R-rated” shouldn’t be allowed in homes. Obviously that paranoia was completely unfounded, as movie theaters are now bigger and as cash-hungry as ever, but you can’t say they didn’t know how to make an awesome piece of propaganda. [J-Walk via BoingBoing]
