It should probably be pointed out that the BBC finished their consultation
process before the original email was sent. The objections raised by both
Mac and Linux users was noted in their response, and they are looking to
have an available client for other platforms as soon as possible, but
Erm, not everything on the BBC is produced in-house, they commission
programming from outside production houses too. I think it's a bit
of a
stretch to suggest we own the BBC and its content - we may fund
it,
but that doesn't mean we're assigned ownership.
I think I was pretty careful to
Robert Johnston wrote:
[bbc snippage]
Regarding ownership -- yes, we do own the BBC, just as we own the NHS.
Who else would own it?
This is s off-topic for this list, but ... the BBC owns itself; it's
a private company[1] operating under Royal Charter[2]. While it may
intend to operate