i thought open systems were the answer not to lock things down ________________________________
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 20 November 2007 12:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music 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] <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] <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
