BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

[Jim web]

In article <20151009135235.GA9654 at mooli.org.uk>, Peter Corlett
<abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:

> It would be a terrible waste of BBC resources to play whack-a-mole
> against end-users users running their own bespoke VPNs, because it's
> harder and has less effect than just picking off larger VPN services as
> they appear on the radar. Blocking merely has to be good enough to
> satisfy the rights-holders that the BBC are making reasonable efforts.

Echoed. The people at the BBC know that any such scheme can't be perfect.
It just has to be good enough reduce the 'leakage' to a level which doesn't
cause content sellers to demand higher payments (or refuse to sell
content). Whilst not becoming too much of a problem for those accessing
from within the UK because their non-VNP is blocked in error.

Jim

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