On 09/02/07, Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if you want the BBC to move on from being a broadcaster (which it looks to me like you do!), then engage in the wider political debate about media policy.
I'm sorry, not being an industry insider nor experienced politically, I don't really know what wider political debate about media policy is, or how to engage it, other than posting to lists like this to learn things for myself, and submitting my views to the Trust questionaire and such.
> The BBC is meant to do what 'the industry' doesn't, though. Otherwise, > what's the point? Not true. The BBC is not there to do whatever the industry doesn't do. Never has been.
Okay, my bad.
What's the point, then? Well, the point of the BBC is that, by informing, educating and entertaining everyone in the UK, the population of the UK gains both individually and collectively to an extent greater than the BBC's negative market impact
This is a nice argument against BBC DRM, I think :-D -- Regards, Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
