[LINK] the story behing Freeview

[Jan Whitaker]

At 04:35 PM 23/02/2009, Brendan Scott wrote:
> > they had been contacted by Harvey Norman who told vendors that they
> > would not stock TV's unless they were Freeview compliant"
>
>Why would Harvey Norman care if the TVs [sic] were 
>non-compliant.  Especially since this "non-compliance" apparently 
>increases the consumer experience.
>
>Would it be appropriate to point the finger at the Copyright Act?

I was told by the guy who told me about this story originally that 
there was an additional story about Harvey Norman that disputed that 
statement. But I didn't look for it.

Jan



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