Paywall for iPlayer?

[Owen Smith]

I have no children so don't use schools, but I still pay for them and am happy to do so. I regard the BBC as being on the same footing, everyone in the UK should pay for it.

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Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
Cambridge, UK

> On 7 Jul 2015, at 12:31, Graham Temple (gmail) <graham.j.temple at gmail.com> 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. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf
> Of Dave Liquorice
> Sent: 07 July 2015 09:06
> To: get_iplayer at 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.
> 
> 
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