Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread Jon Davies
On 9 October 2015 at 10:59, CJB wrote: > https://www.vpncompare.co.uk/bbc-iplayer-cracks-down-and-blocks-vpn-users/ so what? get-iplayer isn't intended to be used to avoid, work-around or breach the controls that the BBC apply to the content they make available on

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread Fearghas Mckay
> On 9 Oct 2015, at 07:32, George Eycott wrote: > > I agree - was not suggesting otherwise. Though the overseas and VPN part of > your statement is irrelevant. If people do not pay the license fee and get > BBC stuff for nothing they are stealing stuff we pay for. Don't

RE: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread George Eycott
> So as a UK resident who can’t receive TV so I don’t pay for a TV licence you > think I should be regarded as a thief ? nice… Perhaps you should check the > current legal situation of the licence fee before accusing folk of stealing. You know when you wish you hadn't bothered. OK, so yes

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread Mark Hammond
I use a VPN when on holiday in France - if you had to login to the Iplayer with your TV licence number then this would get around this. I agree that people who don't pay shouldn't be getting the content. Mark So the point here is what. I pay the BBC license fee and am happy to do so.

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread Tom
On 09/10/15 13:23, John Crisp wrote: On 09/10/15 11:59, CJB wrote: https://www.vpncompare.co.uk/bbc-iplayer-cracks-down-and-blocks-vpn-users/ On an entirely technical point it is clearly not all VPNs - I have just tested with 2 different ones that I can use and neither are currently blocked.

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread CJB
Thank you George. Also I do know that many friends are ex-pats living overseas in warmer climes over the British winter. They are all BBC licence fee payers. They have now been cut off from accessing what they have already paid in advance for - use of iPlayer. How are they stealing programmes

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread John Crisp
On 09/10/15 11:59, CJB wrote: > https://www.vpncompare.co.uk/bbc-iplayer-cracks-down-and-blocks-vpn-users/ > On an entirely technical point it is clearly not all VPNs - I have just tested with 2 different ones that I can use and neither are currently blocked. Both are VPNs with endpoints I

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread michael norman
On 09/10/15 11:33, George Eycott wrote: Although get_iplayer is not intended to bypass geographical restrictions, the news does explain why some people are getting the error messages that they have been seeing (bear in mind some people may be using a VPN from within the UK). They may have

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 09/10/2015 12:09, CJB wrote: Thank you George. Also I do know that many friends are ex-pats living overseas in warmer climes over the British winter. They are all BBC licence fee payers. They have now been cut off from accessing what they have already paid in advance for - use of iPlayer. I

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread Jim web
In article , Fearghas Mckay wrote: > > On 9 Oct 2015, at 07:32, George Eycott wrote: > > > > I agree - was not suggesting otherwise. Though the overseas and VPN > > part of your statement is irrelevant.