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Posted by Derek Janssen on 02/12/06 22:21
Jeff Rife wrote:
> PC Medic (not@home.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>
> All restaurants have the standard "right to refuse to serve" clause
> which is what allows them to cut you off. I suppose that if they did
> so before a "reasonable" limit then they might not win, but all the
> "I can eat 40 pounds of food" people have always lost if it went to
> court.
>
> Thus, the analogy with Netflix.
>
> You might want to check if those cases actually went to trial or if the
> restaurant just decided to settle in some way that made it look like
> they "lost".
Ie., "Settle" = "Paying off the attention-struck whiners with a not
particularly damaging promo deal, so they'll shut up and go home", thus
*also* the analogy with Netflix. :)
Derek Janssen (but don't worry, the MGM-suit "winners" felt the same
sense of accomplishment)
ejanss@comcast.net
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