Re: Re: Paywall for iPlayer?
On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 20:29:44 +, 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
RE: Re: Paywall for iPlayer?
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 +, 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
Re: Re: Paywall for iPlayer?
On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 12:31:39PM +0100, Graham Temple (gmail) wrote: 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. Next thing you know my taxes will be used to support unemployed people in Wigan, despite me not being unemployed, never having been to Wigan, and certainly never intending to be unemployed in Wigan. -- David Cantrell | Enforcer, South London Linguistic Massive There is no one true indentation style, But if there were KR would be Its Prophets. Peace be upon Their Holy Beards. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Re: Paywall for iPlayer?
On 06 July 2015 at 21:29 batguano999 batguano...@zoho.com 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. :-) From the ministry of housinge? -- TQ via webmail ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Re: Paywall for iPlayer?
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. :-) ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
