

"We can give you a discount if you extend your license for another year?" said another. "One license per person, covers all screens, after all you can only watch one at a time" said one.

The TV licensing auditors hesitated and glanced at each other. "Put me through to cancellations, I have been meaning to do more reading lately". The people who want to come in, can't, and the people who want to share it, mustn't. The content is made for people who want it, but those are the very people who have to be kept from it.

But if you do want to watch it, then you can't, not without paying. It's Content-22: if you don't want to watch it, there's no money to be made from you so you can - better that you watch and talk about it than not. They turned to Yossarian who decided it had gone far enough. "If he's creating new feeds without permissions, that's distribution and copyright infringement, he could be facing a custodial sentence for this". "The law doesn't allow him to see more than one, he needs a fine". "We showed him three, he saw six, he needs nine licenses" said another. "Hold on" said another, "he reported seeing six shows, he needs six licenses". "If he sees everything twice, he needs two licenses" one argued. The TV licensing auditors conferred amongst themselves. "Now how many?", pointing at two mirrored screens with a delay between them. "How many TV shows are playing?" one asked, holding up one screen. The TV licensing auditors hurried into the room. Yossarian shot up in bed "I see everything twice!" he cried.
