Comcast Exec: We Need To Change Customer Behavior, Not Our Busin...

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 06:10

Brooks writes "Speaking at a cable broadcaster's summit, Steve Burke, Comcast's COO, said : "An entire generation is growing up, if we don't figure out how to change that behavior so it respects copyright and subscription revenue on the part of distributors, we're going to wake up and see cord cutting." How's that for cart before the horse?

His ultimate goal -- to maintain or increase revenue for Comcast -- makes perfect sense, and is positively what...


 

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