Philip Sillars

Why the BBC shouldn’t charge students to watch iPlayer

“You need a TV Licence for BBC iPlayer” an imposing black leaflet delivered to everyone on campus begins. It feels vaguely reminiscent of the laughably presumptuous “you wouldn’t steal a car…” anti-piracy adverts at the start of DVDs. Well, to the BBC: if you were trying to scare me into paying £145,...
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Posted Dec. 13, 2016