So just so you know, we here in the US pay for content from the beab as well.
Just so you also know, the reason we pay for your content is because our
content sucks.:) At least you folks across the pond are still doing
interesting things with television and broadcasting.
That being said, the idea of paying for broadcasting over the air just
offends me. You Europeans taxing per receiver and all that just would bug the
hell out of me if we did it here but far be it from me to dictate how others in
other parts of the world do things, one size does not fit all regardless of the
marketing.
In the US we have a thing called BBC America. Just as it sounds it’s
what you’re doing watered down so the products of our failing education system
can follow along. We pay for this as part of our TV package so you’re getting
some of my money too. I believe our version also has a lot more commercial
advertising than yours.That being said, geoblocking subverts the entire focus of the Internet. The public network is for public access of the global resources. It’s fine to limit access based on security and lots of concerns but you’re going to block me from public content because I live 3000 miles that way? I thought these were broadcasters? Don’t they want more ear holes and eye balls? I don’t get it, in the game of broadcasting I thought more is better. I want my Top Gear and F1 direct damn it! Ok, not so much Top Gear any more that your BBC director fired Jeremy but hey, you can’t have the talent slapping around the producers either so I get it. Anyway, it’s Jeff Besos to the rescue, the 3 are headed for Amazon and so am I if that materializes. And Graham Norton would have never gotten a show here, I like the BBC.:) > On May 26, 2016, at 7:51 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: > > As a TV-licence-fee payer, I suppose I should be glad you all appreciate BBC > content so much, but also rather resentful at the idea that you’re getting > all this lovely content for free while I have to fork out actual cash for it, > you swine! :) > > Geoblocking is utterly braindead, and every effort to undermine it can and > should be heartily encouraged. So, go ahead. I just hope the Beeb don’t get > around to authenticating each and every viewer, or that your VPN provider of > choice isn’t blocked, as they seem damned determine to pitch in with their > content licensers at the expense of all and sundry, including the fee-payer. > > Mind you though, it’s a pretty big imbalance. Netflix content availability > is crap here in the UK, and the VPN crackdown is well and truly in force. > Even using an IPv6 tunnel broker no longer works—more’s the pity. :) > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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