In article <e1jswb9-0008n4...@merlin.infradead.org>, Dave Liquorice <allso...@howhill.com> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 11:14:48 +0100, CJB wrote:
> > Then there are VPN services - free v.v. paid for. If the Beeb offered > > such then folks would surely pay to watch or listen from overseas. > Trouble is the BBC does not hold hold the rights to world wide > distribution on all of their content. And of course, the IPR holders would want a rather higher payment before they would allow the BBC to extend access in such ways. Plus - on a political level - you could expect a fuss about a 'public subsidiesed competitor' being unfair the purely commercial 'competitors'. The BBC simply does not have the same freedoms that commercial operations have because its basis is quite different. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
