"@BeerFox, ClayS: If 'yall would RTFA, one of the terms is that they're not allowed to charge folks for continuing past the free period unless the consumer explicitly requests that extension."
"@guroth: Given that the crowd was collected before the participating store was selected, I think it's quite safe to presume that there was relatively little overlap with their regular customer base.
Given that, it's more likely that this would have helped them by increasing customer awareness."
"@rg: A whole month means that's a pretty expensive ad -- prices them out of a lot of areas, some of which are things that might be useful (hey, if I'm trying to decide what to do for lunch, I want to see ads for restaurants near me..."
"@ekdikeo: It's a fine story -- about Monster Cable trying to overassert their IP rights (read the whole letter, not just the ending that was quoted, for more on that) and getting their just deserts."
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