Fox has become the first broadcast network to require people who want to go online — at sites such as Hulu — and watch programs immediately after they’re broadcast to prove they already pay for a cable or satellite service, Ben Fritz reports.

Photo: Actor Hugh Laurie in the Fox TV series “House.” Credit: Adam Taylor / Fox

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    is being an ass. How utterly unsurprising.

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    It’s almost as if...use torrents. People have...$30-60 per...

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    Why must you put such bleh news with such an adorable picture.

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    not realize that this just won’t work?

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    wtf bullshit. marketing taking our rights away, wtf mate

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    Fox has become the first broadcast network to require people who want to go online — at sites such as Hulu — and watch...

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    Yeah, good luck with that.

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    Fox is old school thinking!

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    I never had Hulu Plus (save my one month trial) so this doesn’t change anything for me…it’s always been the stupid eight...

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    THE FUCK?!

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