XM Satellite Radio Backlash

mrchubbs writes "Sponsors and subscribers to XM Radio are protesting the decision by XM management to suspend the Opie and Anthony show for comments made on an uncensored channel. Subscribers are canceling subscriptions — some estimate that between 20,000 and 40,000 have cancelled. Some are even smashing their radios in protest. Sponsors are pulling ads. Also, there is some evidence of XM not honoring cancellation requests, forcing multiple calls to finally get accounts canceled." Of course this dispute isn't a free-speech issue. "Free speech" refers to a prohibition on censorship by the government; XM is free to do as it wishes with the content it broadcasts, within the law.

Comments

Re:Um,O/P are teh suck.

[Shrike9]

Rape is NEVER funny. Tag me for troll, it's still NOT funny.

Re:People Against Censorship

[heinousjay]

Are you the crazy dude who posts those rants talking about "yOur creators" and stuff like that?

And I like all the deliberate miscomprehensions of the meaning of people and properties in this thread. Somehow, corporations have become the decision making force, not the people who run them, and somehow the airwaves became the property, not the equipment necessary to make use of them. I like when you can redefine common terms to suit your own goals. In that spirit, I call you all geniuses.