I know this is way off topic, but...
This thread brings the ReplayTV lawsuit about skipping commercials with a digital recorder to mind. Ever see this quote?:

"[Skipping commercials is] theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots . . . Any time you skip a commercial . . . you're actually stealing the programming."
--Jamie Kellner of Turner Broadcasting

Later he said:
"there's a certain amount of tolerance for bathroom breaks."

Wow. Thanks for that one, Jamie. I wish I had been the interviewer, I would've asked if it was ok to blink.

This lawsuit still isn't decided. There was an update early this year I believe, but it's still hanging around.