There is more at stake. Imagine if shazaam radio got the contract and thus 40 bucks a month lets you listen to unlim shazaam (+ their 2 dollar fee). Whereas a competitor like pandora is not in any way blocked, you just have to pay 10 bucks a month to metropcs and then a whooping 1.3 bucks a month for pandora service. Guess who will win out in the war for the user. Shazaam can suck ass compared to pandora, but other than the fanbois, there will be mostly shazaam subscribers.
Wikileaks is not even in the picture here. This is pure 1st amendment issue. A provider can provide a completely unfair advantage in the "open" market to another company over their competitors. Imagine if television networks could chose to only show republican campaign messages, and ignore all democrat ones. Its the same issue.
Wikileaks is not even in the picture here. This is pure 1st amendment issue. A provider can provide a completely unfair advantage in the "open" market to another company over their competitors. Imagine if television networks could chose to only show republican campaign messages, and ignore all democrat ones. Its the same issue.