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If Netflix pays for it, where does Netflix get that money? Customers again. The customer always pays, whether directly or indirectly.

The only difference is in the mix and distribution of customer money flows. Some customers will be freeloading to a certain extent, others will be paying over the odds.

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If Netflix pays to send and, out of necessity, passes that cost on to Joe Netizen (who also pays for his Internet service), he will have payed twice -- and that's only one service. I can't imagine how YouTube would survive under that, let alone Linux, et al.

Good point.

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