The BBC had a choice a) do nothing and run the risk of content not be available to licence fee payers b) do something which does achieve the desired effect and has a very small negative impact on a very small group of people if indeed it has any negative effect at all
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Bradley Sent: 15 June 2010 15:14 To: backstage Subject: Re: [backstage] Freeview HD Content Management On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Mo McRoberts <[email protected]> wrote: the BBC had a choice: a) do nothing b) do something which didn't achieve the desired effect, and caused additional negative effects it chose (b), because the rights-holders threw their toys out of the pram. now, either this is because the people who know that this is the case couldn't make themselves heard, or because stopping piracy wasn't the goal in the first place. which is it? This is an interesting question, because I can't see what the goal here is from the BBC. Did they genuinely believe the rights-holders' bluff? Adam
