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by quickthrower2 2282 days ago
Thats a loophole. I’ll bet that’ll get closed if this is successful. I think you’d need to work with tv providers not against them.
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It may be a loophole, but I have a hard time seeing how it could be closed. Telling users they can't change the channel or turn off their TV when an ad is playing will never fly.
IANAL but I imagine they could throw in words like “automated” to work around that, assuming anyone reads the TOS and cares to begin with
It depends who has the most power and BATNA. The sports network or the bar owner?

Home viewers are a different thing.