Yes but what about people who never ever watch TV at all. There are some, believe it or not - my parents for instance. They have computers and internet, but why should they pay a charge for something they will never use, just because they have some equipment (whose primary purpose is not for accessing TV!) which theoretically could access on demand content. How will you differentiate between those who don't and those who say they don't? It is like saying you own a car and live in London so will probably use the Dartford crossing and enter the congestion zone, so we are going to add £50 a year to your road fund licence and do away with the congestion charges and tolls.
-----Original Message----- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Dave Liquorice Sent: 07 July 2015 09:06 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Re: Paywall for iPlayer? On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 20:29:44 +0000, batguano999 wrote: >> "You have broadband and a computer / 'smart' <sic> TV. Egro, you are >> equipped to access iplayer, thus require a license." > > Hmmm > That's a computer license then. > :-) Too restrictive a description, unless you want to keep the lawyers fat arguing about the semantics of the word "computer". The Dutch have a "Media Licence". TBH I very happy that the licence will now apply to "on demand" content. Without that the BBC's income was set on a, possibly quite rapid, down ward direction as more and more people either cotton on or genuinely, never, ever, watch TV as it is being broadcast. -- Cheers Dave. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
