On 07/06/2015 12:08 PM, Jim web wrote:
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Shevek <she...@shevek.co.uk> wrote:
Some more analysis:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7034-will-budget-result-in-having-to-pay-for-bbc-iplayer.html
Personally, I'm happy to pay for iplayer access. Although I'd *prefer* that
to be done via an extension (in legal terms) to requiring you buy a 'TV
license'. So either covered by the UK license, and/or offerring a 'BBC
iplayer license' for those outside the UK. The BBC needs to be funded to
make the programmes, etc.
The worry is if any system is limited in a way I'd find unreasonable. e.g.
Only providing access by using a method that *only* works for a limited set
of OSs like Windows/Mac. i.e. excluding the choice of Linux or other
'minority' preferences. Similar for anything that limits choice of software
to some 'approved' closed source items on a magic list.
And of course, radio doesn't require a license as things stand, even in the
UK.
Jim
Jim
A wider view perhaps from The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/05/bbc-cuts-job-losses-revenue-shortfall
What happens to the BBC now will be interesting now the vandals are
getting their hands on it. I hope Hewlett is right that the BBC can
find a way to limit the damage.
In the context of iPlayer I'd be happy to pay for it, but I am anyway.
The issue is how do you make others who don't buy a tv licence pay for
it too. Nobody knows how many such people there might be. The BBC
solution would obviously be to expand the terms of the tv licence to
cover such people. I don't think that is going to happen, So that would
leave, if iPlayer continues to a subscription service, which again would
be the start of death of the BBC licence fee, And you get another
limited platform service like Netflix, which would probably lead to its
privatisation to compete in the market.
Enjoy it while you can.
Mike
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