On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Angelo wrote:
How long do you foresee the trials taking place for before it is released onto the UK market? Also, I assume the basic technology will prevent those from outside the UK viewing the content on imp, but how will you be able to distinguish between those who have and have not paid their licence fee? Or, will it be the case that those who log on without a licence fee will just be breaking the law?
I'm at work so I can't check at the moment, but ISTR that my telly licence has a unique reference number with it. Make that something that you have to put into iMP. Don't pay your telly licence and the number no longer lets you get anything other than the radio stuff (which I think you don't need a licence for these days, right?). The Beeb can use concurrency checking to make sure that 3000 people all over the UK aren't simultaneously using the same licence number (but you'd need to allow some concurrency to allow for multiple sets and family members in the same house using it, possible mobile).
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