Seems like some law makers got really good kickbacks...(?)
On Mar 7, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: LOL.... The BBC is funded by a license fee paid by anyone in the UK who owns a TV set (I know it sounds crazy, many of us don't agree with it, but it's the law here). The reason the rest of the world (including the US) can't get streams from the BBC site is because citizens in the UK have already paid for the content (through the license fee) whereas the rest of the world hasn't. BBC Worldwide signs licensing deals with cable cos'., etc to license their content which is why you can get it via other means, and if you wanted to stream it you would need to negotiate a licensing deal with BBC Worldwide. Al. Beth Koenig wrote: Very good analogy! There are other examples of things, like the BBC streams a lot of programing but not to the US. They will not let us see any TV on the website. I think the cable and satellite providers (like the situation with cell phone service providers) got to them somehow. Beth Koenig [email protected] Director of Deaf Blind Services Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center 2960 Main Street A100 Irvine, CA 92614 http://www.deafadvocacy.org/dbs Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence. At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and services necessary for the deaf and disabled to achieve equality and independence in all areas of life. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Jon Colverson <[email protected]> wrote: On Mar 7, 8:45 am, al74 <[email protected]> wrote: Limiting paid apps to geographic location or specific provider is stupid, reduces developer potential income and limits the success of this platform. I agree wholeheartedly, but Google's hands are tied by the fact that the networks insist on taking their cut on app purchases. The networks have a silly amount of power over what goes into phones, purely because they are the ones who sell them to the vast majority of users (via bizarrely obfuscated credit agreements known as "service plans"). Imagine if your broadband provider gave you a "free" computer when you signed up and then crippled your access to it and took a cut of all the things you bought online. Yuck! -- Jon -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
