On 20/11/2007, Barry Carlyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well the only reason I pay the license fee is so I can have a tv (and not > get fined lots of money), the only bbc programme I watch is spooks, which I > watch thru the iPlayer anyway…. > > > > So the license fee is irrelevant….. > Which is why the iPlayer should be DRM free, coupled with a 100% identical tax on broadband connections. ISPs could remove this tax when provided with a current and valid TV Licence number...
That would make it very relevant, if somewhat German! > > Barry > > Student > > > > -- > > Barry Carlyon > > Webmaster LSRfm.com/LSweb.org.uk/leedsaction.co.uk/luubackstage.com > > > > mobile: 07729048443 > > skype: barrycarlyon > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Nick Reynolds-A&Mi > *Sent:* 20 November 2007 12:04 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music > > > > And the BBC MUST be popular - otherwise no licence fee > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Richard Lockwood > *Sent:* 20 November 2007 11:56 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music > > > > Forget popularity, think about principle. > > > > It is worth noting that often these things turn around on the head of a > pin. If we were having this discssion in 1985, someone would have pointed > out that "*no one ever got* *sacked for buying IBM". Everyone was "happy" > with the popular 3270 terminals connected to proriatory mainframes.* > > > > *Then came the minicomputer running Unix with RAID disks and VT220 > terminals.* > > > > *There are plenty of other examples of this. Dave is 100% correct to say > that being popular today is a poor way of determining the future.* > > > > > > No. Being popular is not *a poor way* of determining the future. Being > popular is *not necessarily a good way* of determining the future. These > are not the same thing. In Davetopia everything is black and white > - popular = bad. In the real world, things are less clear cut. Popular has > no place on the scale between good and bad. > > > > Rich. > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
